Pronunciation and Listening in a
Computer Lab and Online
Marsha Chan
Sunburst Media and Mission College, California
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Pronunciation and Listening in a Computer
Lab and Online
} Many multimedia resources can help English learners
improve their pronunciation and listening skills.The
presenter introduces a selection of websites, along with
tips on how they can be used with beginning to advanced
learners. Participants will be encouraged to try these
learning resources and suggest others in this hands-on
workshop.
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Selected sites for pronunciation & listening
(Hands-on practice as time permits)
} Pronunciation Doctor’s Channel onYoutube
} Pronunciation Power 1& 2
} EnglishAccent Coach
} LyricsTraining
} Manythings Pronunciation
} Perfect Pronunciation
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Pronunciation Doctor on Youtube.
} Over 1800 free videos for learning English,curated into over 25 playlists.
} www.youtube.com/user/pronunciationdoctor
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Pronunciation Doctor: over 25 Playlists
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Pronunciation Power 1 & 2
} Interactive software guides learners of English in
improving their pronunciation through simple
progressive stages.Visual and auditory instructions for
producing each sound.
} http://bit.ly/PronPow
} All englishlearning titles are available through
Sunburst Media, sales@sunburstmedia.com
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Speech Test Results
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http://bit.ly/PronPow

Animation and video
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http://bit.ly/PronPow

Words with target phonemes
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http://bit.ly/PronPow

Listening discrimination
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http://bit.ly/PronPow

S.T.A.I.R. intonation
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http://bit.ly/PronPow

Dictionary
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http://bit.ly/PronPow

Sentences
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http://bit.ly/PronPow

English Accent Coach
} www.englishaccentcoach.com
} Trains the brain to recognize new sounds and provides
the basis for improved pronunciation of NorthAmerican
vowels and consonants.
} Large database of male and female voices from across
North America gives listening discrimination training.
Helps learners process English sounds more efficiently.
} Mobile apps available for iPhone/iPad
} EACVowels
} EAC Consonants
} EAC Echo
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EAC screen shots
www.englishaccentcoach.com
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www.englishaccentcoach.com
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EAC screen shots
www.englishaccentcoach.com
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www.englishaccentcoach.com
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LyricsTraining
} www.LyricsTraining.com
} Cloze game format.
} Example:Adele sings “Right as Rain” (live)
http://lyricstraining.com/play/adele/right_as_rain_live/HeCaJ3yHAe
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Manythings
Interesting Things for ESL Students
} http://www.manythings.org/pp/ - Charles Kelly
} American English Pronunciation Practice
Game-like Minimal Pair Practice using Flash and MP3 Files
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www.manythings.org/pp/
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Perfect Pronunciation
} http://www.learnersdictionary.com/pronex/pronex.htm
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Perfect Pronunciation
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Marsha’s workshops
in the Computer Lab
} 9:00 SingYourWay to Better Pronunciation, with Marina
Broeder
} 10:00 : Pronunciation and Listening in a Computer Lab
and Online
} 11:00 Connected Speech, Spelling Fusion, Issues in English,
Live Action English
} 1:00Teaching of Pronunciation Interest Group (TOP-IG)
Rap Session
} Email: marsha@sunburstmedia.com
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Teaching of Pronunciation
Interest Group
TOP-IG Rap Session at the CATESOL Northern Regional Conference
1:00-1:45 pm Computer Lab
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