mercoledì 04 aprile 2007
Pronuncia - Tecniche di pronuncia - Trascrizione
Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting techniques to improve your English pronunciation.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be listening to some useful techniques. You’ll then hear a short explanation of these words, followed by an example of how they are used.
PART TWO: you’ll be listening to two people having a conversation in a university canteen.
So let’s start!
martedì 03 aprile 2007
Pronuncia - Tecniche di pronuncia - Podcast
Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting techniques to improve your English pronunciation.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be listening to some useful techniques. You’ll then hear a short explanation of these words, followed by an example of how they are used.
PART TWO: you’ll be listening to two people having a conversation in a university canteen.
So let’s start!
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lunedì 02 aprile 2007
Pronuncia - Tecniche di pronuncia
Con questa lezione capirai le differenze di pronuncia fra suoni molto simili per un parlante italiano.
On the British Isles, school children have numerous reading and spelling tests, to perfect the pronunciation of words, so from an early age, they master the difficulties of pronunciation.
However, for foreign students there are numerous techniques that can be used to improve their pronunciation, and to learn some of the phonetic symbols at the same time.
One simple technique is “Minimal Pair Practice“.
See the example below:
| /ɪ/ | /i:/ |
|---|---|
| Live Ship Lick Bin |
Leave Sheep Leak Bean |
Another technique is to compare the sounds of 3 words:
See the example below:
| /əʊ/ | /ɔ/ | /ɒ/ |
|---|---|---|
| Coat Boat Won’t |
Caught Bought Worn |
Cot Botch Watch |



