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Speaking & Pronunciation Links

Antimoon: How to Learn English Effectively 

Provides advice and inspiration to learners of English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL).

 

Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners 

OER Textbook with audio

 

Adult ELL Phonics 

Learn english with audio, worksheets, and more

 

English Listening Lesson Library Online (ELLLO) 

Learn English naturally by listening to over 300 speakers from 100 countries with our free video and audio lessons!

 

AudioEnglish 

Site contains over 150,000 pages of learning with over 2,500 audio files; Both British and American English native speakers from Oxford, London, Scotland, New York, California, Massachusetts, and Canada.

 

Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab 

Provides online English listening comprehension activities for ESL and EFL learners

 

Making it Clear: A guide to teaching pronunciation 

Guide for teaching pronunciation

 

ESL Gold: Speaking 

Lessons to learn English language, Grammar, and pronunciation.

 

Busy Teacher 

Free pronunciation worksheets

 

Pronunciation Resources on the Web 

A list of websites and resources for pronunciation

 

Spoken Skills 

Speaking English Activities

 

SpeechAce 

Learn to Speak english

 

English Club 

Interactive Phonemic Chart

 

Pronunciation Exercises and Worksheets 

Learn and understand English language pronunciation

 

10 Free English Pronunciation Exercises: Practice the Sounds of English 

Sounds of English exercises

 

rong-chang.com 

Some Pronunciation Rules for English Words

 

A List of all Lessons at TalkEnglish.com 

list of over 900 English lessons. You can click on any lesson to study for free. There are over 9000 audio files to help you improve your English speaking

 

English Listening Resources 

Collection of listening resources to help advanced English learners learn English online

 

Focus English 

dedicated to helping ESL/EFL learners develop conversational English skills

 

American Rhetoric 

Online speech Bank. Learn through listening of speeches.

 

ESL Video 

Free quizzes, lessons and online conversation classes for English language learners.

 

CNN Audio 

watch news videos and learn english

 

inogolo 

Pronunciation Guide to the Names
of People, Places, and Stuff

 

ESLFast 

Learn to Speak English

 

English Listening Resources 

collection of listening resources to help advanced English learners learn English online

 

Talk English 

English Listening Lessons

 

Sounds of English 

A collaboration by Holly Gray and Sharon Widmayer that first started to help our ESL students improve their English pronunciation. great information to help with spelling and reading.

 

English for Spanish Speakers Word of the Day 

Visit this page each day to learn new English vocabulary, or get new words delivered to you every day via email or RSS feed.

 

AudioEloquence 

Resources for ESL

 

How to Pronounce 

Everything about audio pronunciations with meanings, synonyms, sentence usages, translations and much more.

 

Phonics 

Learn english with phonics

 

Sound contrast 

Learn the sounds of different words with ELFnet.com

 

Cando's Helper Page 

Learn reading and English language

 

Pronunciation Resources 

Pronunciation Resources from the University of Iowa Speaking Center

 

Spoken Skills 

lessons on speaking English

 

Sound -O- Matic 

Click on the presentations and learn the sounds of common vowel-consonant combinations

 

Easy World of English 

The pronunciation section of EWE is divided into several units ranging from the basic sounds of the alphabet to more complex sounds that are unique to the English language. his section also includes pronunciation of different types of verbs as well as phrases and expressions.

 

The EFL Playhouse 

A world of resources for teachers of young English Language Learners (ELLs). Browse The EFL Playhouse collections of educational games, songs, fingerplays, action rhymes, craft ideas, printable materials, tongue twisters, and more.

 

EFLsensei 

Tools for teaching English

 

FindSounds 

Search the Web for Sounds

 

Adult ELL Phonics 

Slides, worksheets, and audio. Students will be able to identify sounds made by letters and begin to decode words.

 

American English Sounds

American English Sounds is a web resource that allows English as a Second Language (ESL) students to practice perceiving and producing the sounds of American English in order to improve their pronunciation.

 

Naturally-Spoken English

50 naturally-spoken conversations for beginner and high-beginner English students.

 

ESL Partyland

 

The English Learner Movie Guides: This site takes popular movies and uses their summaries and idioms to examine the English language. This site is ideal for ESL students with a love of U.S. culture.

 

Forvo Pronunciation : Guide to improve pronunciation. It utilizes real voice recordings of people from around the world speaking individual words. This is a useful tool for hearing a wide range of accents.

 

Pronuncian : English pronunciation website. There are lessons on everything from syllabic stressing to pitch training and vowel sounds. 

 

engVid Free English video lessons on many topics, including grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, writing, business English, and more. Some lessons include quizzes.

 

ESL Bits Listen to audiobooks, news stories, short stories, songs and radio dramas. Choose between faster or slower listening speeds and read along with the texts of the stories and songs. For intermediate and advanced learners.

 

American English Resources

American English Resources provide materials for teachers' professional development and for students in the classroom. Find classroom activities, audiobooks, MP3s, videos and pedagogical material to assist in learning English as a second language.

 

Bow Valley Readers

ESL students can access seven levels of stories written for adult learners. Each story focuses on a different learner, and has an accompanying listening track so learners can listen as well as read the story.