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Pronouncing and Spelling English Words with Silent Letters

24 Thursday Aug 2017

Posted by Alison Sattler in English Learners' Page, Lessons_Advanced Level, Pronunciation Resources

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Source:  Learn English with Emma

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Sing Along to Learn Colors!

10 Monday Jul 2017

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A different way to improve your English: Read/Write Poetry

06 Thursday Apr 2017

Posted by Alison Sattler in English Learners' Page, Lessons_Intermediate Level

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Learn English through poetry!  Open the poetry sites below to read and/or contribute your own poems.

Poems By Heart uses brain-training techniques to make remembering poetry easy and fun—in a fast and responsive game. Each poem features two new and exclusive dramatic readings, and all-new original art. Improve your English by practicing with poem activities.


Poetry Foundation

With the Poetry Foundation’s universal  app, you can now take thousands of poems by classic and contemporary poets with you wherever you go.
* Search for old favorites with memorable lines.
* Give your device a shake to discover new poems to fit any mood.
* Save your favorite poems to read and share later—through Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail.


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ReadWriteThink’s  mobile apps for poetry can be used to write different kinds of poems such as acrostic, diamante, haiku and theme. They can be really helpful for children and beginner level adult students as they can create their poems very easily with the given words.  My favorite app is Word Mover.


downloadPoetry everywhere is a program run by Poetry foundation. It’s possible to download iPhone app or you can visit their website to read and listen to the poems of great poets.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/poetryeverywhere/


poetry creatorEver wonder what it would be like to mash-up a Shakespeare poem with a Hip Hop Song? Poetry Creator/Verses is a new iPhone and iPad app that puts a fresh spin on a cherished classic: refrigerator magnet poetry.

Source: A different way to improve your English : Poetry Apps | English In Life

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Conversational English Skills | edX

24 Thursday Nov 2016

Posted by Alison Sattler in Conversation Skills, English Learners' Page

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Learn how to effectively communicate in English and improve your conversational language skills.  FREE ON-LINE COURSE!

Source: Conversational English Skills | edX

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Sounds of Speech Phone App

24 Thursday Nov 2016

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Sounds of Speech (English) mobile application. This site contains animations of the phonetic sounds of Spanish and English. Available for each consonant and vowel is an animated articulatory diagram, a step-by-step description, and video-audio of the sound spoken in context. It is intended for students of phonetics, linguistics, and foreign language. Recently added to help fund further development you may buy an Android or iPhone Mobile app for English Phonetic Sounds of Speech. Use this to help learn the sounds of English.

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Phonetics: The sounds of American English

24 Thursday Nov 2016

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Example of Voiced TH Sound (e.g."these")

Example of Voiced TH Sound (e.g.”these”)

The University of Iowa displays English sounds by their phonetic symbol. Click on the symbol to hear how it sounds, see a native American English speaker pronounce the “letter” sound, see a graphic of how it’s made in the mouth or go to the description icon to read how to say the sound!

 

Source: Phonetics: The sounds of American English

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Reading2success: What? Yes, when r follows a vowel, r changes the vowel sound – R-controlled vowels!

24 Thursday Nov 2016

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Below is just one of many activtities for teaching children how to pronounce the /r/ sound offered by the Reading2Success site listed below.

english-r-sounds

Source: Reading2success: What? Yes, when r follows a vowel, r changes the vowel sound – R-controlled vowels!

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English In Life – Resources for ESL/EFL

22 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Alison Sattler in English Learners' Page, Free and Low-Cost Teacher Resources, Grammar Resources, Lessons_Advanced Level, Lessons_Beginning Level, Lessons_Intermediate Level, On-Line Publications and Sites

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English language learners:  Have FUN while you learn from this site’s interactive games and activities using real-life situations.  If you like this English in Life site, please share it with your friends!

Source: English In Life – Resources for ESL/EFL

Sounds of English: Fricatives 

07 Monday Nov 2016

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Fricatives – a fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a constricted space.  In other words, in producing these sounds, turbulence is caused when the air is forced trough a smaller…

Source: Sounds of English: Fricatives « CALLE

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The Great Language Game: Test Yourself on What You Know About World Languages

01 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Alison Sattler in Teacher Education

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Play this game and have fun listening to the way people speak from around the world–and how languages are different from one another!

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