Speaking
Practice your speaking and pronunciation.
Take a voice recording of yourself talking. Then, email the audio to shanson-lynn@zagmail.gonzaga.edu. I will respond with feedback!
Practice sentence pronunciation.
credit: Sara Hanson-Lynn
Informal, spoken English.
1. Listen to common sayings and questions. Write what you hear.
2. Now, you try! Using the answers from the activity (1), speak below.
2. Now, you try! Using the answers from the activity (1), speak below.
credit: James Hunter
Pronunciation resources.
These websites can help you practice your pronunciation.
1. https://dictation.io/speech You speak and the microphone types what it hears you say. See potential confusions in your pronunciation.
2. https://soundsofspeech.uiowa.edu/main/english This website is academic, but it gives very detailed explanations about how each sound in English is pronounced. It shows a video, drawing of the mouth, and gives example words.
1. https://dictation.io/speech You speak and the microphone types what it hears you say. See potential confusions in your pronunciation.
2. https://soundsofspeech.uiowa.edu/main/english This website is academic, but it gives very detailed explanations about how each sound in English is pronounced. It shows a video, drawing of the mouth, and gives example words.