Sounds of Speech Explore NZ Explore NZ > Intro Welcome Welcome to Upside Down, the site where you will learn English from the other side of the world. New Zealand is the furthest place from Spain. It is what we call our antipodes. Did you know that they speak English in such a remote part of the Earth? Now follow these links: First of all, know why you are learning English from New Zealand. Start exploring! Visit all the links on the right-hand side menu: Geography, History, Wild Nature, Filming NZ and Kiwiana, not necessarily in that order. After you have enjoyed and learnt about New Zealand in this section, called Explore NZ, continue with the different sections in the main navigation menu, at the top of this page: Active NZ, Maori Legends, Kiwi Tube and Language Focus. If you wish to read about my three-month experience in New Zealand, follow the link on top of the page, 'NZ travel blog'. I hope you enjoy this multimedia adventure in New Zealand!
Las 10 mejores webs para mejorar la pronunciación en inglés Pronunciación en inglés Ya sabemos lo difícil que resulta a muchos estudiantes pillar los secretos para mejorar la pronunciación en inglés. Nos resulta realmente difícil… Ese follón de consonantes raras y de sus doce sonidos vocálicos que parece que se usan aleatoriamente según le plazca a cada angloparlante… Pero no tenemos que tirar la toalla. Es verdad, no es fácil reducir el acento nativo español y mejorar la pronunciación en inglés, tanto sea británica o americana, puede ser un auténtico tostón. Necesitas escuchar las palabras y repetirlas e intentar imitar el acento del angloparlante. También os he apretado un poquillo para que aprendáis a usar -mínimamente- los símbolos fonéticos en inglés y os he metido bastante caña sobre la importancia de estos a la hora de aprender o mejorar la pronunciación en inglés. Hoy vamos a ver 10 websites que están especializadas en ayudarte con este hueso duro de roer. Let’s start! 1. Aprenderás a hablar como hablan ellos realmente 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
BBC Learning English | Pronunciation Tips Phonetics: Beats and Rhythm –[Multimedia-English] One of the things that makes English difficult to understand for foreign students is its particular rhythm. Many languages are syllabic, that means that every syllable takes the same amount of time to pronounce. In some languages stressed syllables take longer than unstressed syllables, but still, the pronunciation unit is the syllable. English is different, we don't care about syllables, we don't even care about words, it's all about beats (sound units). Every beat takes the same amount of time to pronounce. But not all words are affected in the same way. 1- Content words the words with meaning (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) 2- Grammatical words words with no meaning, but they build the grammatical structure of the sentence (prepositions, articles, verb particles, pronouns, etc.) Every sound unit (beat) has a content word, which is the most important part of it. Here's an example: Hi, What were you doing when I rang an hour ago? Content words hi, doing, rang, hourStructure words
English Pronunciation We use Cisco wireless in all our buildings for convenient and immediate online access. You will need the following for the files below: English Pronunciation/Listening We use the popular Can8 VirtuaLab for all our digital language lab programs. Unit One: TH, as in THINK, BATHROOM, and TEETH. Watch this QuickTime movie on the word 'Thought' to see how to correctly make the 'TH' sound (894k). Unit Two: TH, as in THOSE, MOTHER and SOOTHE. Watch this QuickTime movie on the word 'Thy' to see how to correctly make the 'TH' sound (725k). Unit Three: L and R, as in COLLECT, CORRECT, LAMB, and RAM. Minimal Pairs (228k) In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except for one sound. Unit FOUR :i and I, as in SEEN and SIN. Minimal Pairs (228k) In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except for one sound. Unit FIVE: s, sh, and ch. Minimal Pairs In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except for one sound. Unit SEVEN Our Address at OUC:
Accents and dialects of the UK Transcript for London (RP) Michelle: Uh, I guess the first time I, kind of, went abroad really by myself was straight after ‘A’ Levels and I went to Paris, so that was the summer of ninety-one and I stayed two-and-a-half months in Paris and lived in a little studio with my friend and tried to get work. Eliane: Why did you decide to go away? Michelle: That was kind of random. I hadn’t fixed anything up for that summer and this friend of mine had this studio apartment at very low rent and I thought, “Well, what the heck? Eliane: And were your friends travelling at that time? Michelle: Uhm, yeah, I think so. Eliane: And why did you decide to go away in your Gap2 year? Michelle: Uhm, I just thought it was this amazing opportunity: I had fifteen months between school and university, like, the world was my oyster; I didn’t have any responsibilities; I literally could just fill these fifteen months with whatever would be fun, whatever I enjoyed – I just had to finance it. [laughter] Notes A tapped t
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How to pronounce the - English Pronunciation There are two ways to pronounce "the":- The first and most common one is short, and sounds like "thuh" Weak Weak pronunciation Sounds like "thuh". It rhymes with "duh" and if you say "mother" it rhymes with the "mo" and the "ther". As a general rule, we use the weak pronunciation with words that start with a consonant or words that begin with a vowel. For example: "The cat sat on the mat." Some words begin with a vowel, but are pronounced as if they begin with a consonant. For example: the word 'university' starts with a /j/ sound, which is a consonant. Strong The second is longer and sounds like "thee":- Strong pronunciation Sounds like "thee". It rhymes with pea, fee, me. We use the strong pronunciation with words that start with a vowel or sound as if they do. For example:- "the apple" "the end" "the hour" 'the ice' We also use the strong 'the' when we want to stress the word, regardless of whether it begins with a vowel or a consonant. For example:- "I spoke to Kevin Costner the other day.""