PRONUNCIATION

Videos

• Pronunciation tips. An introduction to certain features of standard British English pronunciation.

• Rachel's English. A series of videos explaining in detail how each sound is created.

• American English Sounds. Watch the video to learn how to pronounce different English sounds.

Exercises

• Pronunciation Exercises. Exercises to correct your pronunciation effectively.

• American English Pronunciation. Exercises for every sound with audio available.

• English Pronunciation and Listening. Excellent exercises and demonstration of how to pronounce each English sound.

• American English Pronunciation Practice. Minimal pair practice and quizzes by Charles Kelly.

• Sounds of English. A lot of exercises to practice how to pronounce each sound.

• Online Language Laboratory. Online pronunciation guides to 9 varieties of the English language.

• Most Often Mispronounced Words. The 100 most often mispronounced English words.

• English Pronunciation Podcast. Free English Pronunciation and Accent Reduction Lessons.

Sounds

• Pronunciation Rules Some pronunciation rules for English words.

• International Phonetic Association's The major as well as the oldest representative organisation for phoneticians since 1886.

• Vowels of American and British English. Vowel charts and database.

• English alphabet and pronunciation. The sounds represented here are those of British English spoken with RP accent.

• Type IPA phonetic symbols online. A free online editor for typing transcriptions of English words in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Stress

• Word Stress. Learn where to put a stress in a word.

• Sentence Stress. What sentence stress is, why it is important.

• Pronunciation Exercises. Rhythm, stress, schwa, voiced and voiceless, and minimal pairs exercises.

Tongue Twisters

• Accent Reduction. Tongue Twisters with audio from ESL Mania.

• Tongue Twisters. The world's largest collection of tongue twisters, with 2680 entries in 105 languages.

• English Pronunciation Test. Learning to correctly pronounce every word in a poem.

Proper Nouns

• A Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Nouns. Popular first names, last names, nick names, and names of 50 states, and 43 Presidents.

• Pronunciation of Names of People and Places. English Pronunciation Guide to the Names of People, Places, and Stuff.

• Pronunciation of Words and Phrases. Type in a word or phrase to listen to its pronunciation, including proper nouns.

Software

• Speech at CMU. Open Source Speech Software from Carnegie Mellon University.

• Accent School. A FREE software package that offers accent reduction lessons.

Other Links

• iteslj Pronunciation Links. A collection of online ESL pronunciation sites.

• English Pronunciation. Covering both British and American English pronunciation and accents.

• Learning English Pronunciation. Articles on how to learn English pronunciation.