American English Pronunciation Podcasts Listen now! Note: The most current podcast will begin playing, scroll down to the episode you wish to listen to. Other Stuff at Pronuncian If you find value in Pronuncian's podcasts, why not check out the rest of the site? Sounds We have more than 8000 audio files online Books and Downloads If you can't study online, choose one of our books, or try our downloadable sound drill MP3s Services Become a subscriber to receive the full range of Pronuncian services, from online tests to sound recording and feedback. Speakspeak UOL - Michaelis - Moderno Dicionário Inglês Sobre o dicionário O sucesso dos dicionários Michaelis é motivo de orgulho para a Editora Melhoramentos. Há décadas esta linha de dicionários, líderes absolutos no mercado, tem sido atualizada e acrescida de novas obras, tornando-se referência tanto no Brasil como em Portugal. A Melhoramentos reafirmou sua tradição em editar dicionários de qualidade lançando o Michaelis Moderno Dicionário Inglês & Português; o maior e mais completo dicionário bilíngue disponível no mercado. Os dicionários Michaelis foram criados no final do século XIX pela lexicógrafa alemã Henriette Michaelis, em colaboração com sua irmã Carolina Michaelis de Vasconcelos, figura de destaque nos estudos filológicos de Portugal. Em 1950, a Melhoramentos adquiriu os direitos de publicação dos dicionários Michaelis e, após extensos trabalhos de revisão e atualização, lançou o Michaelis Dicionário Ilustrado Inglês-Português (1957) e Português-Inglês (1961).
40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation After all these years you finally have the courage and opportunity to write the email announcing that you and you alone have single handedly saved the company from utter disaster. You’re excited, you type it, you spell check it, and you hit send.Everything is great except that your gold star memo has dangling modifiers, double negatives and run-on sentences colliding with each other. Now I am no grammar whiz but I know a good resource when I see it. Purdue University maintains an purdue.edu/" target="_blank">online writing lab and I spent some time digging through it. Learn and enjoy! • A or An? • Adjective or Adverb? • Adjectives with Countable and Uncountable Nouns • Using Articles ( A/An/The ): with 2 exercises and answer keys Nouns • A Little Help with Capitals • Count and NonCount Nouns (with Plurals, Articles, and Quantity Words): with 2 exercises and answer keys • Count and NonCount Nouns (with Articles and Adjectives): with exercise and answer key Prepositions Pronouns • Pronoun Case Commas
As Vogais do Inglês e do Português - English & Portuguese Vowel Phonemes Compared Each language makes a different use of the articulatory system and phonology is the study of the sound patterns of the language, especially its matrix of phonemes. What is a phoneme?Phoneme the smallest unit of sound in a language that serves to distinguish two words. Example 1:/pIt/ pit and /bIt/ bit are different words with different meanings. Coincidentally in Portuguese the bilabial consonant can also be realized in different ways to produce two different phonemes (ex: pico and bico). Example 2:/biyt/ beet and /bIt/ bit are also different words with different meanings. In Portuguese however there is only one high-front vowel phoneme, as in vida or linda. Conclusion: Different languages have different phonemes and have them in different numbers. In the beginning learners will perceive sounds in the target language to be phonologically similar to native language sounds. Vowels are speech-sounds produced by a continuous flow of air and vibration of vocal cords. O que é um fonema?
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100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English There are spelling rules in English, even if they are difficult to understand, so pronouncing a word correctly usually does help you spell it correctly. Here are the 100 most often mispronounced English words ("mispronunciation" among them). Several common errors are the result of rapid speech, so take your time speaking, correctly enunciating each word. Careful speech and avid reading are the best guides to correct spelling. Need more help with these common errors? Check out the YourDictionary Battle of the Commonly Misspelled or Misused Words infographic for an easy-to-understand visual explanation of the most commonly confused words. Don't say: acrossed | Do say: across Comment: It is easy to confuse "across" with "crossed" but better to keep them separate. Don't say: affidavid | Do say: affidavit Comment: Even if your lawyer's name is ''David,'' he issues affidavits. Don't say: Old-timer's disease | Do say: Alzheimer's disease Don't say: Antartic | Do say: Antarctic
Dicas de Inglês - Conectivos: um importante recurso de coesão textual Hey everyone, how are you doing? Hoje decidi escrever sobre umas palavrinhas que quebram um galhão quando estamos lendo um texto. Tais palavras são chamadas de conectivos ou marcadores discursivos. Elas freqüentemente são representadas por conjunções e são termos utilizados para ligar orações e idéias, indicando como elas se relacionam. Através delas, os autores mostram com maior clareza a organização de suas idéias e constituem, portanto, um importante recurso de coesão textual. She went home by herself, although she knew that it was dangerous. The whole report is badly written. He´s been an English teacher for 10 years, so he must speak English well. First, all you have to do is to pay the course fees. That non-profit organization promotes all kinds of activities for young children. In short, the employees can´t leave the company during lunchtime. Tom said he couldn´t speak very good English, but as a matter of fact, he turned out to be a proficient speaker.
Academic Earth | Online Courses | Academic Video Lectures Dicas Sobre Escrita em Inglês Pessoas cuja língua mãe é uma língua latina, e em especial brasileiros, cometem muitas vezes alguns erros recorrentes quando escrevem textos técnicos em inglês. O objetivo desta página é minimizar estes erros nos textos dos meus orientandos mas todos os leitores estão convidados a enviar sugestões. A minha ênfase aqui será a escrita de artigos técnicos de Ciência da Computação utilizando o inglês americano, que é o padrão na comunidade internacional de Ciência da Computação. Não quero entrar aqui na discussão se o inglês americano deveria ou não ser o padrão (os britânicos não gostam nem um pouco disso), meu objetivo é fazer com que os artigos que o nosso grupo submete para conferências internacionais tenha a menor resistência possível por causa do estilo do inglês. Dicas: Voz passiva. Uma ferramenta legal de se utilizar é um dicionário de sinônimos (thesaurus). Ponteiros legais com informações sobre escrita em inglês: UIUC Grammar Handbook. Esta página está em processo de formação.