Essentials for everyone

Here are some essential websites to try out before you start studying on your own:

www.howjsay.com
It's a good pronouncing dictionary which does NOT use those computer voices. So nice and easy I named this blog after it for you.

TRY Howjsay.com: [Follow the link and try out a word. Send a link to your facebook or email. Use it again. It's your own. It's free. It's brilliant.]

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/
This is the best tool for seeing how your mouth works to make sounds. It is an image of your mouth which moves when you click on a phonetic symbol.

TRY U.IOWA: [So...Why do your Bs and Vs sound the same to English speakers? Go to English, CLICK "fricative", Find /v/, press play. English speakers touch their lips to their teeth to make Vs. See how all the symbols represent what physically happens.]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/
One of the best-known British pronunciation teachers gives 44 video lessons. One on each of the sounds of English.

Try ALEX BELLEM: [Click on the /I/ symbol. Play the video. Do what she says.]

See you on the 17th at Spanish and Koreans. 2:00. Sign up in Dame Street and say hello to Magda.