Watch this QuickTime
movie on the word 'Thought' to see how to correctly make the 'TH' sound (894k).
Minimal Pairs (178k) In
this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except for one
sound. In this case, TH is being compared to other similar sounds. Listen
and compare.
Try this Dictation
to practice the differences between TH and other sounds.
Here's a video of Brian
explaining the differences between the voiceless and voiced TH. (7.8mb)
Listen, practice, and record your voice to have a conversation with a native speaker (microphone required).
Practice these tongue twisters to improve your TH (microphone required).
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).
Minimal Pairs
(219k) In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except
for one sound. In this case, TH is being compared to other similar sounds.
Listen and compare.
Try this Dictation
to practice the differences between TH and other sounds.
Listen, practice, and record your voice to have a conversation with a native speaker (microphone required).
Practice these 5 tongue twisters to improve your TH (microphone required).
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. In this case, l and r are being compared to each other. Listen
and compare.
Try this Dictation
to practice the differences between L and R.
Here's a video of the differences between L and R (5.6mb).
Listen, practice, and record your voice to have a conversation with a native speaker (microphone required).
Practice these 10 tongue twisters to improve your L and R (microphone required).
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. In this case, i and I are being compared to each other. Listen
and compare. .
Try this Dictation
to practice the differences between i and I.
Listen, practice, and record your voice to have a conversation with a native speaker (microphone required).
Practice these 10 tongue twisters to improve your i and I (microphone required).
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. In this case, S, CH, and SH are being compared to each other. Listen
and compare.
Try this Dictation
to practice the differences between i and I.
Minimal Pairs
(114k) In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except
for one sound. In this case, V and W are being compared to each other. Listen
and compare.
Try this Dictation
to practice the differences between v and w. (42k)
Are you having trouble saying WOOL, WOOD, and WOLVES?
Watch this video.
Listen, practice, and record your voice to have a conversation with a native speaker (microphone required).
Practice these 10 tongue twisters to improve these sounds(microphone required).
Listen, practice, and record your voice to have a conversation with a native speaker (microphone required).
UNIT ELEVEN
Minimal Pairs
(114k) In this exercise, you will listen and compare the sounds P and
F.
Here is the complete lesson from our workbook
in MP3, as well as the PDF version.
Try this Dictation
to practice the differences between P and F.
Listen, practice, and record your voice to have a conversation with a native speaker (microphone required).
UNIT TWELVE
Here is the complete lesson from our workbook in MP3 audio , as well as the PDF version.
Minimal Pairs
(114k) In this exercise, you will listen and compare the differences
in the words bought, bat, but, bet.
Try this Dictation to practice your listening and spelling.
Listen, practice, and record your voice to have a conversation with a native speaker (microphone required).
UNIT THIRTEEN
Here is the complete lesson from our workbook in MP3 audio , as well as the PDF version.
Minimal Pairs
(114k) In this exercise, you will listen and compare the difference in
sounds like in whether and weather.
Listen, practice, and record your voice to have a conversation with a native speaker (microphone required).
Try this Dictation to practice your listening and spelling.
Here's a poem being read to
illustrate the crazy spelling of English and how it relates to the pronunciation.
It's read in a standard Canadian-English accent.
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