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Website del Mes
Nuestro team de experimentados profesores ha revisado el Internet para darte sitios Web educacionales cada mes en conjunto con consejos que te ayudarán a llevar lo último en técnicas de enseñanza a tu sala de clases.
This month’s website:
http://www.fonetiks.org/index.html/
This site features an online pronunciation guide to nine varieties of English including: American English, British English, Irish English, Scottish English, Welsh English, Australian English, Canadian English, Indian English and South African English.
Students can choose the variety of English that they wish to study, then mouse over the vowel sounds to hear and practise them. The pronunciation guide covers single vowel sounds, two vowel sounds, three vowel sounds, voiced/voiceless sounds, various other sounds, and stress and tone. The stress and tone page shows intonation patterns and students can mouse over and practise the intonation for whole sentences.
Students can practise individually or in pairs. One useful technique is for students to use the sound recording system on their computers: e.g. Microsoft’s Sound Recorder found by clicking Start/Programs/Accessories/Entertainment/Sound Recorder. Students record themselves saying the sound, word or sentence and then compare it to the example on the website.
It is interesting for students to compare two different language varieties such as British and American English and analyse the difference. If the teacher’s computer is hooked up to a speaker system, you could play minimal pairs for the class and have students identify the language variety.
This website ties in very well with Ted Power’s “Common Mistakes in English by Language Background” found at: http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/phono.html
Disclaimer: These are ideas for websites to use in the classroom. All sites were active and working as of February 2006, but do check them beforehand. EF is not responsible for the contents on any of these websites. Websites should be quoted as any other outside reference source with a title, author and publication/download date.