nursery rhymes - lyrics, origins & history!
advertisement
Facultat de Formació del Professorat Departament de Didàctica de la Llengua i la Literatura ANGLÈS ORAL – 2011 Group Project Julià Font Pronunciation Websites for EFL Teachers & Learners Here you will find some websites dealing with various aspects of English Pronunciation and English Phonology. This presentation is divided into 6 sections: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. English Phonology: basic theory for EFL teacher students Pronunciation Practice for EFL teacher students Pronunciation Practice for Early Childhood Education Pronunciation Practice for Primary Education Speaking in the classroom (hints, activities, etc.) Unclassified So you can choose the aspect of English pronunciation (phonology) you are most interested in according to your whims and/or needs. This is a group project with contributions from the following: Hannah Bauer / Yolanda Calzada / Theresa Fischer / Emilio García / Anna Gener / Claudio González / Alícia Herde / Cristina Hidalgo / María Huertas / Mireia Llambrich / Laura Mata / Thaís Orellana / Noemí Pons / Alba Real / Estíbaliz Rodríguez / Sara Silva Editors: Mireia Llambrich, Noemí Pons, Sara Silva, June 2011 Faculty of Teacher Training, UB 1 English Phonology: basic theory for EFL teacher students ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY http://assets.cambridge.org/052178/6134/sample/0521786134WS.pdf Objective: Description: To provide basic theory based on English language system and phonology so that students are able to acquire certain tools to get familiar with sounds and phonemes. This website is a practical course for EFL students, especially for teacher ones. As teachers, we have to be aware of the amount of sounds and phonemes the English language has. To help us, this website provides a chart of the IPA as well as several explanations about the production of speech sounds, diphthongs, consonants, vowels and stress timing. From this point of view, it would be highly recommended to focus on this website so that teachers build an appropriate teaching model of the language to enhance pupils learning. Recommended for: EFL students, specially teachers Advanced learners of the language Author: Peter Roach (Cambridge University Press) Proposed by: Emilio García Rate: ***** ENGLISH LENGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/phonetics.htm Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/index.html Objective: Description: Learn to transcribe spoken English using the International Phonetic Alphabet found in good dictionaries. In this website we can find some sections: - - Recommended for EFL teachers People with a intermediate or high level of English Self-correcting (interactive) tests to practise English vowel and consonant sounds. (Phonemes or sound symbols. There's no audio). Sing-along pronunciation songs with texts and audio (wma) (not available on Mac) Vowel sounds (English and French) (no audio) Consonant sounds (English and French) (no audio) English speech rhythm English Intonation Phonetics [IPA] Author(s): Ted Power Proposed by: Noemí Pons Rate **** GUIDE TO ENGLISH PHONETIC SYMBOLS http://www.oupchina.com.hk/dict/phonetic/home.html Objective: Description: Basic and brief theory for intermediate and high intermediate learners of English about the IPA and some futures of English pronunciation. You will find: Recommended for EFL teachers (English as a foreign language) Young adults and adults with and intermediate or high intermediate level of fluency. Phonetic symbols: an IPA “keyboard” with audio and examples of English words that contain each sound. Introduction to IPA (theoretic section) with the following contents: -What is IPA? -The usefulness of IPA in learning English pronunciation. - The DJ system used in OUP dictionaries - Long vowels, short vowels and diphthongs - How to pronounce (r) - Syllabic consonants /l/ and /n/ - The sounds represented by Weak vowels /i/ and /u/ -Primary stress and secondary stress Author: Oxford University Press Proposed by: Sara Silva Rate **** TEACHING ENGLISH http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/pronunciation Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/ From this major website you can http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/ go on a section below, on the right, called “Teachers English”: Just at the bottom on that page you find a directory where you can find a wide range of resources very useful to work on many areas. But as we focus on pronunciation, we click on a section called with this name, pronunciation: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/pronunciation, and in there we find lots of short interesting articles which talk about different aspects of English pronunciation. Objective: - - To be aware of all the important matters we have to take into account when working with English pronunciation: word and sentence stress, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, etc. To be aware of the importance of teaching English pronunciation in class, getting some useful ideas and activities to apply in it. Description: It is a short section in which we can find 14 short articles which talk about some of the main aspects of the English pronunciation such as: -Teaching the schwa -Word stress -Intonation -Rhythm -Developing pronunciation through songs -Integrating pronunciation into classroom activities -Etc. You will find articles that offer teachers a solid basis for the teaching of pronunciation as well as other aspects of the language (rhythm, intonation, connected speech, word stress, sentence stress and phonemic symbols). These articles have been rated by readers and are classified in three sections: • Most recent • A to Z list • Most Popular Recommended for ELF teachers. Learners of English with a high level of English Author(s): Addrian Underhill, British Council & BBC World Service Proposed by: Yolanda Calzada & Maria Huertas Jimenez Rate ***** RESEARCH http://www.eric.ed.gov/ This is an example of useful readings you can find: http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED283386.pdf TEACHING PRONUNCIATION: FOCUS on ENGLISH RITHM and INTONATION (Rita Wong) Objective: Description: Information about education. ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) (ERIC Web site's: Basic search or Advanced search tools to search the ERIC Collection. This website will help you find: Thesaurus to identify appropriate words and phrases from ERIC's controlled vocabulary for precision searching. My ERIC to manage your search criteria and search results, save searches, and track your online submissions) journal articles books research syntheses conference papers technical reports policy papers other education-related materials The book I proposed before is a helpful material. If you take a look on it you will see that many of the ideas they recommend to use while teaching are in our English class (importance of motivation, practice at home, basic theory…) Recommended for education researchers teachers Librarians Administrators education policymakers instructors and students in teacher-preparation programs parents business communities general public Author(s): Department of Education United States of America Proposed by: Cristina Hidalgo Gadea Rate ***** ENGLISH CLUB - PRONUNCIATION http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/ Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.englishclub.com/ From this major website, you can go to the section “Pronunciation” (at the bottom of this website) and you will find my proposal. Objective: Description: To provide learners and teachers of the English language a basic theory for the study of phonetics as well as offering lessons, games and quizzes about pronunciation. You will Recommended for Adult learners from beginner to advanced levels Teachers of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) find the following sections: English is not Phonetic Glossary of Pronunciation Terms Word Stress in English Sentence Stress in English Linking in English Homophones English Phonetic Spelling Printable Phonemic Chart Interactive Phonemic Chart Phonemic Character Keyboard Minimal Pairs Contractions and pronunciation tips Alphabet Sounds How to Pronounce "-ed" and "the" When to Say "a" or "an" What is it? (A section for English riddles) English Tongue-Twisters Pronunciation Workshop: English pronunciation tips, additional pronunciation exercises and an English pronunciation glossary The Golden Key to English Pronunciation Pronunciation Quizzes Pronounce Shapes and Colours (YL) Practice Rhyming (YL) English Pronunciation Links Author(s): EnglishClub.com Proposed by: Maria Huertas Jimenez Rate **** 2 Pronunciation Practice for EFL teacher students PRONUNCIATION TIPS http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/ Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ From this major website you can go to a section on “Grammar, Vocabulary & Pronunciation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/ From this last section you can click on “Pronunciation Tips”, the website I propose above on “Pronunciation tips from bbclearningenglish.com” Objective: Description: Pronunciation tips for intermediate and high intermediate learners of English. You will find: Basic Introduction A section on “The sounds of English” with videos and sounds exercises (an expert, Alex, shows how to produce phonemes both in isolation and in context) A section on the “Features of English” A section with Quizzes (with answers) A section with “Radio Programmes” (listening activity, based on previous sections) ‘Information about the different elements of English pronunciation’ (basic phonology and practice) Recommended for EFL teachers (English as a Foreign Language) Young adults and adults with an intermediate or high intermediate level of fluency Author(s): bbclearningenglish.com Proposed by: Julià Font Rate: ***** EFL PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE BY USE OF LIMERICKS http://www.yek.me.uk/limricsefl.html Objective: Description: This website wants to provide students some verses to read aloud in order to practice phonological aspects, specially the differences between similar sounds. This website proposes working with Limerick so that students can do a rhythm practice on their own. It is highly interesting to work with stanzas because students have the chance to focus not only on phonemes but also on stresses and vocabulary. Recommended for Author: Proposed by: Emilio García Rate: *** EFL students. PRONUNCIATION SKILLS http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/pronunciation/ Notice1: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.onestopenglish.com/ From this major website you can go to a section on “Skills” and there you can click on “Pronunciation”. Notice2: To have free access to the whole webpage a subscription is needed. Objective: Description: To practice and improve English sounds pronunciation skills through theory and interactive exercises. This section features tips and suggestions for teaching pronunciation, plus practice activities to download and use with students. It also offers listening activities and worksheets. Inside this section you can find: Phonemic chart and app Pronunciation matters Sound matters Pronunciation skills Pronunciation exercises Recommended for EFL teachers (English as a Foreign Language) Author(s): Macmillan English Campus Proposed by: Alicia Herde Rate **** INTERACTIVE READING AND SPELLING (phonology practice) http://www.foniks.org/ Objective Description To read, write, spell & speak English with phonics & Instant Sound. This website offers interactive reading and spelling activities divided in 10 steps that go through all the different English sounds. In this site you will find: Alphabet’s instant sounds Interactive word pronunciation Pronunciation games and activities Recommended for EFL students (pre-intermediate level) all ages Author(s): Tim Bowyer – foniks org. Proposed by: Alicia Herde Rate **** MINIMAL PAIRS OF SOUNDS http://www.shiporsheep.com/ Notice1: This is a site within a more extensive website: http://www.fonetiks.org/ Notice2: Follow the breadcrum to locate the recommended website: More pronunciation practice (at the right side of the website, in a column) > English pronunciation practice with minimal pairs, eg ship/sheep Objective Description The objective is for students of English with a different L1, to be able to make the English sounds correctly. Pronunciation practice of sounds in English with minimal pairs. You will find: - A table with 29 pairs of words with close sounds with the phonological symbol. Click on one pair and it links to another site with the word beside the picture. Mouse over the word to listen to the sound. At the end of each site, there is a sentence for practicing both sounds. - The 30th group is a link to voiced/voiceless sounds' practise. Recommended for EFL teachers EFL teacher students Students of EFL from Primary Education to adults Author(s): ShiporSheep & Tom Bowyer Proposed by: Laura Mata Rate **** INTERACTIVE PRONUNCIATION APP http://robertslearningtogether.blogspot.com/2011/04/pronunciation-app-for-ipadipod-and.html Notice1: This is only a link in a blogspot on Education: http://robertslearningtogether.blogspot.com Notice2: This is a presentation of an application, not a website or a site recommendation. Objective Description Practicing Pronunciation of English You can access a video for a clear explanation of the app and also download (both for free and at a charge) the application here: http://www.soundspronapp.com/ Pronunciation application for iPad, iPod and iPhone. You can hear the individual sounds, hear whole words from a list of more than six hundred, compare your pronunciation with the correct one, you can also play quizzes to practice and a long etc. Recommended for For both students -young adults and adults- and trainee teachers. Author(s): MacMillan Proposed by: Ishac Bertran (interaction designer, who researches on digital devices for children education) Rate ***** PHONETICS: THE SOUNDS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html Objective: Description: To acquire or improve a nearly perfect pronunciation of the American English sounds. This website contains an articulatory diagram in which learners can listen and see how each sound is produced: it gives a video of each consonant and vowel produced both in isolation and in a word. The consonants are classified into “manner”, “place” and “voice” and the vowels into “monophtongs” and “diphthongs”. This website contains the phonetic sounds of English, German and Spanish. Recommended for EFL teacher students and everybody else (not for children though) who want to improve their pronunciation skills. Author(s): The University of Iowa Proposed by: Alba Real Rate **** PRONUNCIATION TIPS http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/ Objective Description This website aims to help the English as foreign language students to improve their pronunciation by providing several materials, such as, videos with practical examples of how English sounds are pronounced and basic theory of the most important English pronunciation features. BBC English Pronunciation tips are one of the sections of the BBC webpage. It is a course of pronunciation that shows the standard southern English pronunciation, in order to help foreign English language students to be able to pronounce correctly. The webpage is divided into five sections. In the introduction, it can be found general information regarding the website objectives and contents. Then, in The sounds of English, there is information about the English sounds, as well as, videos for each sound, which show how to articulate them, give some examples of words that contain them and allow the user to practice. Besides, there are five units of exercises to practice the discrimination of pairs of sounds. In the third section, Features of English, the user will find the explanation of four characteristics of the English pronunciation: non-agreement of sounds and spelling, schwa, connected speech and voicing. In the Quizzes section, the user will be able to test their knowledge with five easy to medium difficulty quizzes, in which s/he will have to put into practice listening, reading and writing skills. Each quiz has ten questions and once they are finished the score is shown. As for the last section, Programmes, there are three radio programmes made with guest Alan Stanton, who is an expert in pronunciation, which deal with the weak form schwa, the link between sounds, and several connected speech phenomenon. Recommended for English students concerned about their Author(s): BBC, videos (Alex Bellem) Proposed by: Sara Silva Rate ***** pronunciation, especially for EFL teacher students who need to master a good model of English. PRONUNCIATION ANIMATION (SOUNDS, STRESS, INTONATION, PHONEMIC CHART) http://www.cambridge.org/other_files/Flash_apps/Pronunciation/index.htm Notice: This is only a section of the same major website as before: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/?site_locale=en_GB From this major webside you can go on a section on “Teachers zone”: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/teachers/?site_locale=en_GB From this section you can click on “Pronunciation, listening and speaking”: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/teachers/zones/item2325605/Pronunciation,-Listening-&-Speaking/?site_locale=en_GB&currentSubjectID=2325605 An from here to a section called “teaching materials”: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/teachers/zones/resources/item2325605/2505908teacher23256051/?site_locale=en_GB&resourceType=2505908&resourceTypeVisibility=teacher&currentSubjectID=2325605&pageNo=1 And then to “pronunciation animations”: http://www.cambridge.org/other_files/Flash_apps/Pronunciation/index.htm Objective Description -Pronunciation tips of how to pronounce diphthongs and the alphabet vowels and consonants in isolation. There are 4 sections: -To give a slightly idea of how stress pronunciation works in the English language (stresses inside a word or a full sentence, or intonation of questions). - - In section num. 1: “Sounds,” you can see the symbols of the diphthongs of English, and a video shows you their pronunciation in isolation or inside one word. In the second section: “Stress”, you can practice word stress or sentence stress with some examples. In section num. 3: “Intonation”, you can practice, with some few examples, the intonation down or up inside a question. In the last section: “Phonemic chart”, we can listen in isolation to the different letters from the English Alphabet. In fact, it is a very short section all in all, but very useful to get the main idea of how pronunciation works in English. However no explanation about how we have to do the sounds, as it is shown in the examples, is given. Recommended for ELF teachers. Young adults Teenagers Adults with an intermediate or high intermediate level of fluency and pronunciation. Author(s): Cambridge University press. Proposed by: Yolanda Calzada Rate: ***** PRONUNCIATION http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/intermediate/c_pronunciation/ Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/ From this major website you can choose the level you want to practice on: from elementary to advanced level. Lets give an example with an intermediate level. So that we go to: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/intermediate/ From this section you can click on “Pronunciation”: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/intermediate/c_pronunciation/ And from here we choose the section we want to focus on: vowels, diftongs, consonants, or stress. Objectives Description - - Pronunciation tips of how to pronounce diphthongs and the alphabet vowels and consonants in isolation and inside a word. There are 4 sections: - To practice if we stress the correct syllables in a word. - In section num. 1: “vowels,” you can see the symbols of the vowels in English and you can listen how they are pronounced in isolation or inside one word. You can also see how the sounds are written represented. In the second section: “Diphthongs”, you can practice the same, but with the diphthong sounds. In section num. 3 and 4: “Consonants” the same, but with the consonants. In the last section: “Stress monster”, we can play a game to find out the stress inside different words. In fact, it is a very short section all in all, but very useful to practice the pronunciation of the alphabet and diphthongs in English. The stress monster game is useful to see if we stress words in the correct syllable. Recommended for ELF teachers. Young adults, teenagers and adults from a elementary level to a high one level of fluency and pronunciation. Author(s): English File Proposed by: Yolanda Calzada Rate: ***** TRAIN YOUR ACCENT http://www.trainyouraccent.com Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.trainyouraccent.com/ From this major website you must go on the “LESSON” section (just below) and choose a topic to listen in which you can listen how English speakers use syllable reduction. Take as an example one listening about breakfast: http://www.trainyouraccent.com/a-breakfast.htm If you go to another section called “This site” (just below the section of “Lesson”) and you click on “Accent symbols” you can have a short explanation about where you should do syllabe reduction (weak forms in some words (such as conjunctions, articles, some modal verbs, etc.): http://www.trainyouraccent.com/symbols.htm Objective Description To learn about Syllable weakening. Once you go on the main menu and you choose the lesson (topic) you want to practice on, you go on a site where you can read a text about the topic chosen and listen to it. Another text where the weaken syllables are indicated (schwa symbol) will be shown as well. In fact, it is a very useful web to be aware about English reduction sounds in English. Recommended for ELF teachers. Young adults, teenagers and adults from a elementary level to a high one level of fluency and pronunciation. Author(s): Randall Davis Proposed by: Yolanda Calzada Rate: **** VOWELS AND CONSONANTS http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/vowels/contents.html Objective: Description: To pronounce correctly vowels and consonants This website provides audio, images, or interactive material and other phonetics teaching materials. Author(s): Peter Ladefoged Proposed: by Claudio González Rate: *** Recommended: For use in an introductory phonetics course. PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/Page1205.aspx Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/home.html You have to follow this steps: Homepage > Prospective Students > International Education > Online Interactive Material > English Pronunciation / Listening Objective Description Many pronunciation exercises to improve in those phonemes you might have problems with. The page from the Okanagan college offers some pronunciation lessons (13). You will find: There are different units. In each unit we work on a phoneme or pair of phonemes (egg. /i:/ /I/, /v/ /w/, etc.) Videos Minimal pairs Dictations Conversations Tongue twisters Workbook in mp3 audio and PDF version Poem being read (For some of those exercises is required a microphone or any specific program.) Recommended for Teachers looking for some material to work on pronunciation. Students (older than 11) who want to improve their pronunciation. Author: Brian Rhodes Proposed by: Cristina Hidalgo Gadea and Anna Gener Rate ***** ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION RESOURCES FOR ALL http://www.esltower.com/pronunciation.html Notice: This is only a section of a major website: www.esltower.com From this major website you can go to different sections on “Activities, Fun Games, Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Children”. Click on the section “Pronunciation” and you will be led to the website I propose above on “English Pronunciation Resources for all” Objective Description To offer interactive exercises for English pronunciation, phonetics, phonology and intonation. You will find: A section to practice on “Vowel Sounds SelfGrading Pronunciation Exercises” “Phonetic Sounds Video Lessons” using the International Phonetic Alphabet An “Homonyms self-Test Exercise” A section on “Phonetic Teaching” with Printable Worksheets and other classroom material. Phonetic Videos, MP3, Intonation and Ebooks These resources are for free online use and also as printable classroom material. Recommended for EFL Teachers: These resources will enable to save lesson planning time. Young and adult students: The exercises offer students an opportunity at online self-study. Author(s): elstower.com Proposed by: Maria Huertas Jimenez Rate ***** SOUNDS OF ENGLISH www.soundsofenglish.org The section of pronunciation is available under this Homepage: http://www.soundsofenglish.org/pronunciation/index.htm Objective: Description: This Page of Pronunciation has four topics to mention: You will find visual, additive and written examples and exercises. Special tips for teachers are given below the text. How to pronounce specific sounds in English. English word stress. English sentence stress and intonation. Pronunciation exercises and activities. Recommended for EFL teachers students Teachers Author(s): Sharon Widmayer and Holly Gray Proposed by: Theresa Fischer Rate *** 3 Pronunciation Practice for Early Childhood Education SESAME STREET http://www.sesamestreet.org Objective: Description Pronunciation can be practiced listening to the different videos, repeating words, singing songs, etc. This webpage presents a collection of interactive games and videos on many different topics providing the right mix of entertainment and education for little children. In this webpage you can find: Songs Games Videos Playlists Recommended for Little children (and its parents) both native or EFL Pre-school English teachers Author(s): Sesame Workshop Proposed by: Alicia Herde Rate ***** AGENDA WEB http://agendaweb.org/songs/english-songs-for-kids.html This is only a section of a major website: http://agendaweb.org/ Objective: Description The objective is to learn vocabulary about different fields easy for children to understand. They get fluency to speak and good accent or good oral model and they do learn songs in English. It’s a small section of a major website. Recommended for Early Childhood - 99 songs in alphabetical order. These songs have different colours which symbolize the degree of difficulty of the song. We can find elementary level (blue) and lower intermediate (green). - 3 links at the end of the web that they connect to another 3 webs with more songs. The links are: songs and lyrics, songs, carols Author(s): Sergio R Peral Proposed by: Noemí Pons Cardona Rate (from one * to five *****) ***** TEACHERS, WHERE TEACHERS COME FIRST http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/phonics/index.htm This is an entry from a Major Website: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp Objective: Description: To improve children’s American English pronunciation and to focus on listening skills. This section contains some games such as “Sound Match”, where the child has to match the words which begin with the same sound as the example given. They have to put the pictures in a box and when they have finished they can check it so as to see which mistakes have they done. Children can hear the words and even the explanation for the exercise. This is a game but there are also many others games which are part of an “Interactive Storybook”. This website also contains other enriching pronunciation activities like songs. Recommended for Children from 3 to 6 years old. Author(s): Scholastic Proposed by: Alba Real Rate **** ENGLISH FOR LITTLE CHILDREN http://concurso.cnice.mec.es/cnice2005/132_English_for_Little_children/index.html# Objective: Description Vocabulary and pronunciation for little children. You will find two levels with different topics: Level 1: - School - The body - Clothes - The house - The family - Toys - Food - The transports - Pets - World animals Level 2: The same topics of level 1 Recommended for Author(s): No author mentioned, but Alex presents the games. Proposed by: Estibaliz Rodríguez Rate ***** English for little children ESL KIDS LAB http://www.eslkidslab.com/phonics/index.html This is only a section of a major website: www.eslkidslab.com Objective: Description: Phonics: sounds and word building for Early Childhood You will find a generous collection of the best phonics Education. resources. There are flashcards, video slides, worksheets and more for teachers. Recommended for EFL teachers Kindergarten's pupils Author(s): Copyright. www.eslkidslab.com Proposed by: Estibaliz Rodríguez Rate *** KIDS ESL GAMES http://kidseslgames.com/printable%20games/Worksheets/phonics/phonicsworksheets.html Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.eslkidsworld.com/worksheets.html Objective Description ESL Kids Phonics are great for teaching, learning and free You will find: to use in the classroom. Worksheets improve reading and allow pupils to learn new grammar and vocabulary in the ESL Phonics Worksheets and printables. classroom. Printable and in pdf format students and teachers will enjoy this essential free ESL material. Recommended for Kids Young learners Author(s): Richard Nagle Proposed by: Estibaliz Rodríguez Rate **** ALPHABLOCKS (CBeebies) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ALPHABLOCKS&aq=f Alpha blocks are a series of videos created by the CBeebies website (a section of the BBC). They can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/alphablocks/watch/alphablocksclips/ however, the website doesn’t allow non UK countries to display them (there are some ways to do it, you can find them out on the net), for this reason I have written a Youtube link, because you can find most of the videos there and watch them without any trouble. Objective Description Its purpose is to entertain, while showing children that wordplay can be really fun. It is based on best-practice phonics teaching and it can help young children develop engagement and confidence with pronouncing and reading words. Alpha blocks are a series of 26 entertaining cartoon episodes created for English native children learning to read and write. However, they are an excellent listening practice and can be really useful to help children to learn how the English sounds are pronounced. Recommended for Author(s): Cbeebies Proposed by: Sara Silva Rate ***** Four-to-six-year-olds who are learning English. ABCS LET’S GET READY TO READ (LISTENING) http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.starfall.com Objective: Description Related to pronunciation, this web is very useful to work on and hear how the different English sounds (consonants and vowels of the English alphabet are pronounced in isolation and inside some words. This web is a very visual way to learn letters and sounds and the same time. Through the repetition of sounds in isolation and the same sound inside a word, and in a very funny way, children will be able to join the representation of the sound with the sound itself. Repetition is very important as sound are constantly repeated even if when you don`t look for it (for example to pass from one activity to another). Apart from that it also offers some practise (through short and very useful songs for children, and some resources activities for teachers to work on phonics. Recommended for ELF teachers (kindergarten) Kindergarten learners of English. Author(s): star fall Proposed by: Yolanda Calzada and Sara Silva Rate: **** www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm Objective: Description: To identify the letters and to pronounce them correctly. This site includes an interface, displaying letters where the students can select the letter and hear it pronounced. Recommended: for Author(s): Literacy Center Proposed: by Claudio González Rate ***** very young student that focus on letter applications and sounds. LISTEN TO ENGLISH http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/ Objective Description Contact with the oral and written language for early English learners. This website offers: Games Short stories Songs And many other English activities Those activities are useful to work oral English with children. You will find the opportunity to hear English from native speakers. Recommended for PreK2 children Children from 4 to 8 years old learning English as a foreign language. Author(s): British Council Proposed by: Cristina Hidalgo Gadea Rate **** 4 Pronunciation Practice for Primary Education SHIP OR SHEEP http://www.shiporsheep.com/page1.html Objective : Description: This website is designed in order to provide meaningful exercises to practice the English rounds focusing on minimal pairs. Children will find visual exercises in which they have to opportunity to practice sounds with pictures, so they can review vocabulary as well. On the right side of the website, we can find many exercises in order to practise sounds with memory games, speed games and also stress timing. According to this description, this website is an appropriate tool to practice and review what they may have already learnt. Recommended for Author: Tim Bowyer Proposed by: Emilio García Rate: **** Students in Primary Education STARFALL: LEARN TO READ http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f This is only a section of a major website: http://www.starfall.com/ Objective Learn the sounds that correspond to the letter in English (American accent) Phonology. They learn by listening letter by letter individually and then they hear the sounds linked in a word Recommended for Primary education (firsts levels) Maybe for Native English Children, because the activities don't give you the meaning of the words used and sometimes is impossible for Spanish children to find out the meaning themselves. Description - “Main index” at the top of the web to return at the main site. More different activities at the top of the web. Activities: 1. To play: you must listen the word and put the letter that corresponds. You must build the word with the letters that they propose to you. Also, there are some different activities. 2. Book: there are 15 histories to read and listen. 3. Skills: movies and videos to listen and help children with their ponunciation. Author(s): Starfall Education Proposed by: Noemí Pons Rate (from one * to five *****) ***** STARFALL (where children have fun learning to read!) http://www.starfall.com/ Objective Description Teach children (at primary level) to read with phonics. In this webpage there are different games and activities for children to practice American English pronunciation and reading. You can find: - ABC’s, for Cicle inicial (letters, their pronunciation and an example of word that contain each letter). - Learn to read, for 2n and Cicle mitjà - It’s fun to read, for Cicle mitjà and superior (this section contains several interactive sections to practice reading, pronunciation and acquire new vocabulary): All about me: children will design their replica and describe their pet, bed and toys. Art-gallery: pieces of reading about famous painters and vocabulary “exercises”. Magic: different games which deal with English sounds. Music: pieces of reading about famous musicians and vocabulary “exercises”. Poetry: Four poems to practice reading and listening. Tongue twisters: Four tongue-twisters to practice reading and listening. Bird riddles - I’m reading, for Cicle mitjà and superior (three little plays, fiction and non-fiction, comics, folk tales, Greek myths, Chinese fables). There is also a new website called “more star fall” in which you can find numeracy activities in English, more reading exercises and pronunciation practice. Recommended for Children at primary level (from 6 to 12 years). Author(s): Stephen Schutz, Polis Schutz, Brandi Chase... Proposed by: Sara Silva Rate ***** LEARN ENGLISH KIDS http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/tongue-twisters This is an entry from a Major Website: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/ Objective: Description: To improve children’s English pronunciation. It gives lots of samples of tongue twisters and the pronunciation from English natives so as to work in the class. This is a section plenty of tongue twisters. It provides us the transcription and we can also hear how they pronounce it. Children can imitate them, by repetition. Perhaps, there are some of them that are quite difficult for Cicle Inicial. Moreover, in this website there are other sections like songs and stories that are also useful for English pronunciation. There is also a section on “Tongue Twisters” as an activity from “Listen and watch”. Recommended for Children from 6 to 12 years old Teachers because it gives a great variety of materials so as to work in class. Author(s): British Council Proposed by: Alba Real Rate **** LEARN ENGLISH KIDS http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/listen-and-watch Objective Description To enjoy listening to songs and stories in English. To have fun and learn English at the same time. In this section you will find lots of songs and stories. In the Kids talk section you can watch videos of children who tell us about their lives as well as listening games and tongue twisters. You will - Recommended for Primary Education pupils find: Songs Short stories Kids talk Kids news Listening games Author(s): British Council Proposed by: Estibaliz Rodríguez Rate ***** PHONETICS FOCUS http://www.cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/# Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.cambridgeenglishonline.com From this major website you must go on the section below called “Phonetics focus – A sound choice” and if you click there you will accede to a screen in which you can find a wide range of activities related to pronunciation, the phonemes and the symbols which they are represented by. Objective Description Wide range of fun resources, specially designed to help You will find children to improve their pronunciation and knowledge of phonetics. Recommended for different resources: Phonemic search Phonemic flip Phonemic link Phon' maze Shoot-a-symbol Half 'n' half Odd phon' out Phonemic reader Record & practise Phon' chart poster Phon' flashcards Send to a friend Entry/exit tests Flashcard maker Phonemic chart puzzle Which phoneme? Phonetic pelmanism Phonetic hangman Phon' chart quiz Phonemic chart Author(s): Cambridge English Online Proposed by: Estibaliz Rodríguez, Sara Silva and Yolanda Primary Education pupils. Calzada Also for young adults, teenagers and adults Rate ***** who want to improve their pronunciation. ESL EXERCICES: ENGLISH MEDIA LAB http://www.englishmedialab.com/pronunciation.html Objective - Description Provide teachers with different teaching resources Give pronunciation practice through different types of activities Recommended for English teacher because it have resources and activities to do in Class with children. They can find a lot of videos for practice de vowels and consonant pronunciation. And then, they can propose to do some tasks for learn phonetic aspects. This page has a lot of video links. When you open the page, you can find a list of links. This links are classified by topic. Some links are videos and others are photocopiable material. Author(s): Proposed by: Anna Gener Rate (from one * to five *****) **** PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE www.manythings.org Objective Improving your English conversational Ability Description Recommended for Primary students who want to improve their pronunciation as well as many other English matters (vocabulary, grammar, reading, etc.) Grownups who want to learn English EFL teachers working American pronunciation Native English speakers may also find some interesting things on this site (egg. readings) Minimal pair practice and quizzes Listen and repeat machine (very nice activity to work on sentence stress) Listen and repeat podcast (helps with rhythm and intonation) American readings (written and played) Author(s): Charles kelly and Lawrence Kelly Proposed by: Cristina Hidalgo Gadea Rate ***** READEN BOOKS http://www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive/zingertales/ This is only a section of a major website: www.bookhive.com Objective Description - Listen to multicultural children's stories told by famous storytellers. The major website is just a page to sell, buy and get information about books. - Improve pronunciation and dramatization skills. - Get familiar with spoken English. But if you search you might find some stories told by famous storytellers (see the website on top). Be sure to click on "Listen to a story." Recommended for Children English teachers This is a nice way to work on pronunciation. On one hand, children can listen to English at home. On the other hand EFL teachers can learn from famous storytellers and improve their pronunciation and dramatization. Author(s): NAmedia Proposed by: Cristina Hidalgo Gadea Rate **** http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/listen-and-watch This a section of a major website: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/ Objective Description There are a lot of topics. Most of the pronunciation parts are for listening. The children have to listen and watch a video. Easy topics are mentioned. Recommended for Author(s): The United Kingdom´s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities Proposed by: Theresa Fischer Rate *** Children 5 Speaking in the classroom (hints, activities, etc.) LEARN ENGLISH KIDS http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/parents/articles/pronunciation-activities Objective: Description: To provide teachers with meaningful activities and visual material to use in the English classroom, especially with little children. In this website teachers are able to find many classified materials such as games, stories and tongue twisters that they can use in the classroom. It is highly recommended for teachers because it provides them with visual and dynamic tools which are the best ones to learn a language. Children will have the chance to put into practice the basic theory of sounds and to discover new aspects by themselves in an interactive way. Recommended for Author: Kim Ashmore Proposed by: Emilio García Rate: ***** English Primary teachers. AGENDA WEB http://agendaweb.org/listening/practical-english-conversations.html Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://agendaweb.org/ Objective : To listen and read English conversations that later children can repeat (both in British and American Accent) Recommended for Children with an intermediate and upper intermediate level. Description: There are 2 levels: intermediate (yellow) and upper intermediate (pink). You can find 3 activities: 1. Listen and read the conversation (intermediate level) 2. Listen the conversation (upper intermediate level) 3. More websites Author(s): Sergio R Peral Proposed by: Noemí Pons Rate *** ANGLÈS 365. ACTIVITIES ONLINE http://www.angles365.com/classroom/index.htm Notice: This entry is from a major website: http://www.angles365.com Objective: Description: To speak in English through activities, songs and games. This website has different online activities and games for every course (from childhood to class 6). They are put into groups, depending on the topic or the grammar that they contain. However, some of the explanations are in Catalan. Moreover, there are CLIL activities, and a section that covers different experiences on the teaching of English carried in class. Recommended for Children from 3 to 12 years old and also for ESL teachers. Author(s): Joan Serra (English Teacher) Proposed by: Alba Real Rate ***** ORAL ENGLISH ACTIVITIES http://www.waze.net/oea/ Objective: Description To offer teachers a varied range of classroom activities for There you will find: practicing oral English. Most are communicative activities Activities designed to give students conversation practice, although About a few have other aims. Copyright notice Links To encourage and facilitate the planning of theme-based Books lessons, the activities on this site are arranged in Reader submissions categories according to theme. Recommended for Primary teachers as a class resource. Author(s): www.waze.net Proposed by: Estibaliz Rodríguez Rate *** TEACHING IDEAS. LITERACY-SPEAKING AND LISTENING http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/contents10speakinglistening.htm Objective: Description: To provide teachers with a wide range of teacher The ideas, activities and worksheets offered are organised resources according to a number of subjects (those covered in the English National Curriculum). The "Early Years" section contains ideas for use with children aged 5 or below, and the "Foreign Languages" area has resources for those teachers who wish to teach a different language to their children. You will find: Recommended for Teachers who teach primary-age children. Talking with Puppets Speaking Non-Sense Now who's the Teacher? Interviews Story cubes Why do you like it? Elevens Grandma's footsteps What's the time, Mr. Wolf? Copy me Character acting Media awareness Learning from talking books Film making Drama sound effects Careers night Speaking activities Magic pen Story circles Describing pictures Links to other sites Author(s): Mark Warner Proposed by: Estibaliz Rodríguez Rate **** ESL. ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE http://www.eslgo.com/resources/sa.html Objective: To learn a language getting the sounds right and develop a better accent and sound. Recommended: for Teachers and students who wish to create an enjoyable classroom environment through individual and group speaking activities for the classroom. Description: This site provides speaking activities as for instance roleplays, “find someone who...”, information gap activities, examination rubrics for ESL oral tests, and discussion questions. Author(s): ESLgo.com Proposed: by Claudio González Rate: ***** THE INTERNET TESL JOURNAL http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Pronunciation/ Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://iteslj.org/ Objective: To find interesting WebPages to work on English pronunciation and share your ideas with other English teachers. Description: This is a web site with thousands of links about other useful pronunciation websites and exercises. You will find: Articles Lessons Techniques Questions Games Jokes Things for teachers Links Activities for ESL Students In the suggested section there are many games and activities to practice oral English. Recommended for Teachers and students of English as a second language. Author(s): The Internet TESL Journal Proposed by: Alicia Herde and Cristina Hidalgo Rate **** ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE http://www.rong-chang.com/easykids/ Notice: This is a section from a major website: http://www.rong-chang.com/ Objective: - To read and listen to a story at the same time. Recommended for All learners of English (there are special topics for each level and age). Description: There is a certain homepage for children, where stories are told which fit to their age. They can read and listen at the same time. Author(s): Rong-Chang Li Proposed by: Theresa Fischer Rate ** LESSONS AND EXERCISES http://esl.about.com/od/teachingenglish/u/teach.htm#s12 Notice: This page is just a section from a major website www.about.com Follow this steps to find the section: Browse Categories > Education > English as 2nd Language > Speaking English – Pronunciation and Conversation Skills Objective: Description To practice pronunciation, get familiar with other teacher works and to achieve a greater understanding of influence of connected speech on pronunciation through the use of phonetic transcription. The website contains the following information: Tongue Twisters (exercise your pronunciation muscles) English: Stress – Timed Language Minimal pairs (pairs of words that have one phonological element that is different) IPA Transcription Lesson (Comparison of written text with example of IPA transcription of text as it would be spoken.) IPA Symbol Card Game (This game helps children to learn the IPA without the need of a full time teacher.) ESL Pronunciation Lesson Plan List It also includes links to other websites and articles related with this topic. Recommended: for English as 2nd Language students English teachers Author(s): about.com Proposed by: Cristina Hidalgo Gadea Rate ***** 6 Unclassified ESL FLOW http://prosites-eslflow.homestead.com/pronunciationlessonplans.html Objective: Description: To provide teachers with meaningful activities and visual material to use in the English classroom, especially in Primary Education. In this website teachers can find a large list of exercises and worksheets to do in the classroom in order to work sound’s aspects such as the final “s”, the final “ed” or other pronunciation practice. I find it very useful because it focuses on those mistakes we do the most when it comes to speak. Recommended for Author(s):ESLflow Proposed by: Emilio García Rate: **** English Primary teachers. ENGLISH PRACTICE http://www.mrshurleysesl.com/englishpractice.html Objective: Description: To find interesting WebPages to work on English practice in general. This is a web site with many links about useful pages to practice English language. Recommended for Author(s): Mrs. Hurley’s ESL Proposed by: Alicia Herde Rate ***** English Language Learners and Teachers TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Presentation+Tools Objective: Description: To find interesting tools to use in school with our students, not only for English teaching. This web site includes a huge range of different tools we can use with our students in school to work on many different features. Recommended for Author(s): Cool Tools for Schools Proposed by: Alicia Herde Rate ***** Teachers with students all ages and levels. TEACH PHONICS http://www.ehow.com/teach-phonics Notice: This is a section of a major website: http://www.ehow.com From this major website you can go to the section ‘Education’ (http://www.ehow.com/education) and then click on “English Language Education” (http://www.ehow.com/english-language-education) From this last section you can click on the option “Teach Phonics” to find the suggested website Objective To offer ideas about how to teach phonics to the different grades at school. To provide all kind of useful resources for teachers. Recommended for Teachers who teach to English native speakers. Teachers who teach English as a second language. Description You will find more than 140 sections about: Tips for teaching phonics to children at different ages Methodology and strategies Classroom ideas Activities and other resources, such as games and videos. Advantages of teaching phonics Author(s): Demand Media, Inc. Proposed by: Maria Huertas Jimenez Rate ***** TEACHER'S PARADISE http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html Objective: Description: To have lots of ideas for lesson planning and other teaching resources, such as worksheets, crafts, etc. ready to use or print out. You will find hundreds of educational websites rated by popularity. Each website has its description and title, so you can click the one you are more interested in. There are ESL teaching plans and materials and a lot of other teaching ideas ESL teachers can adapt to their lessons (as a CLIL lessons, for instance). Recommended for Author(s): Sites for Teachers Proposed by: Laura Mata Rate ***** EFL teachers EFL teacher students Teachers in general STARFALL http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/twisters/load.htm?f Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.starfall.com/ Objective: To practice and learn phonemes and get used to articulate English sounds. Description 4 tongue twisters: Fuzzy Wuzzy Peter Piper Seashells Woodchuck You can click on each word to hear its pronunciation or you can hear the whole tongue twister at once. Recommended for primary education children Author(s): Starfall Education Proposed by:Noemí Pons Cardona Rate **** NURSERY RHYMES - LYRICS, ORIGINS & HISTORY! http://www.rhymes.org.uk Objective: Description: To repeat and pronounce some nursery rhymes in English. The objective of the website is to offer a variety of rhymes, their history, the origins, etc. so as to be known as an important aspect of the English speaking countries. This website is a collection of some nursery rhymes and songs. However, there are some of them which do not provide the tune but we can search them through other websites like “youtube”. It offers the origins and the history of the rhymes as well. Recommended for Author(s): Alchin, L. K. Proposed by: Alba Real Rate **** Children from 6 to 10 years old. ENGLISH PHONETIC ACTIVITIES http://www.telefonica.net/web2/eseducativa/phonetics/index.html Objective: Description: To practice pronunciation with many varied activities. This web site contains a wide range of exercises and material for intermediate students (3rd/4th ESO and 1st 2nd E.O.I.) You will find: Recommended for Intermediate learners of English interested in improving their pronunciation Teachers of intermediate level to use it as an additional material to their classes. Theory Word bank Exercises (easy) Exercises (difficult) Tables Links Listening Author: Felipe de la Iglesia Diéguez Proposed by: Sara Silva Rate **** SPEAKING SKILLS http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/speaking/ Notice: This is only a section of a major website: http://www.onestopenglish.com/ From this major website you must go on the skills section on: http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/ From this section you can click on “Pronunciation”: http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/speaking/ And from here we choose the section we want to focus on, through which we will find teaching ideas to practise and lesson plans to apply in class and other information about important matters related to speaking. Objective - To find tips to help you to work on speaking tasks in class (how to teach speaking and how to practise it in class). To find lesson plans and a wide range of topics to promote discussion and the use of some functional language useful for communication. Description There are 4 sections: Recommended for ELF teachers. Young adults, teenagers and adults from a elementary level to a high one level of English. In section num. 1: “Teaching ideas”, you can see some interesting ideas to apply in class to work on speaking (drama activities or activities for the first day in class are some examples of it). In the second section: “Lesson plans”, you can find some lesson plans that focus on role play activities, on activites of controlled speaking, on discussions, etc. In section num. 3: “Speaking matters”, you can find some articles to know some issues of interest such as pair work in class or how to asses speaking tasks in class. In the last section: “Hot topics”, you can find some topics to use them in class and in which through a reading open a debate or a comment on a subject. Author(s): Adrian Tennant, Lindsay Clanfield and others. Proposed by: Yolanda Calzada Rate ***** XTEC http://www.xtec.cat/recursos/lestrangeres/angles.htm Objective: Description: To provide English teachers with activities for children and to show them the fun side of learning English. This webpage is a large educational page, with many resources for teaching English. Some exercises are for practising grammar but there are also stories which can be useful for learning and practising pronunciation. Recommended for Primary children. Parents and teachers who want teach English to children. Author(s): Proposed by: Anna Gener Rate **** ONLINE PHONETIC RESOURCES www.unc.edu/~jlsmith/pht-url.html Objective: Description: To have a list of websites as a teacher’s online material This site offers a list of web sites which include audio, images, or interactive material. The list includes a number of items from a list of phonetics sites. Recommended for Author(s): Jennifer Smith Proposed: by Claudio González Rate: **** Teachers as it could be appropriate for planning lessons and for using in an introductory phonetics course. ELEMENTARY WEB SITES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/elementary_sites_ells_71638.php Notice: This is a section of a major website www.everythingESL.net Objective To recognize homophones. To get in touch with oral English. To practice pronunciation. To dramatize. Etc. It depends on the webpage you choose. Description: This website lists other websites you can visit to practice English. You can found many interesting websites to work on pronunciation. Those are some of them: Songs and Rhymes- Songs for students in all grades. Listening Activities - Designed for older students but pronunciation and listening activities could be used for students grades 4 and up.* Audio Comprehension - An audio concentration game for Grades 4-12.* Homophone game - Match homophones in this concentration game.* Grades 4-8. WordBuilderGreat site for phonics practice. Grades 4-12 (The pages are classified for ages: PreK-2, grades 3-5 and grades 4-8; and have a short explanation about the things you will find.) Notice: Sometimes you might need specific software as well as you might have to pay. Recommended for English teachers who want to find websites related to Teaching English. Author(s): Judie Haynes Proposed by: Cristina Hidalgo Gadea Rate ****
