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Phonetics

Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 by Ana Concejero

That's was very timely, writing about phonetics in my earlier posts and looking for activities, I've just come across this interesting site, very useful for improving your pronunciation.

You can hear all the sounds and follow a step by step description of how they are produced.



Come on, let's have some practice!

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'daʊn'taʊn

Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 by Ana Concejero

I heard this song in the American series Lost, I liked it and I also had the impression that I had heard it before. Later, I learnt that this song by Petula Clark had been a hit in the 60s, yes... that was the reason why it was familiar to me, I vaguely remembered listening to it a long time ago.

This time, it is going to help us practise the diphthongs in English.

Watch the video, pay attention and change the phonetic transcription of all the words containing diphthongs into normal spelling.



- Petula Clark Lyrics

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Diphthongs

Posted on Monday, March 23, 2009 by Ana Concejero

As you already know there are twelve vowels in the English language.What about the diphthongs?. Do you know how many they are? Have a look!



Yes, you are right, there are eight diphthongs in English. Let’s practise them.


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What a wonderful world this would be by Sam Cooke

Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 by Ana Concejero

This is an activity to work on pronunciation and a good one for auditory learners.
Listen to the song and change the phonetic spelling into the normal one.








What´s the song about? Transcribe your answer phonetically.

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