This is the post to remind you what materials wll be necessary for your phonetics classes this semester.Make sure you have these books: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6, 7.
Download these copies with stress-and-tone marks of the texts for the topic.
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Use Longman dictionary online (transcription is available).
Self-study 1 (deadline March 6)
Listen to the story Two Peas in a Pod.
Use these online resources to work on your pronunciation:
- Work on your phonemes on your own with these videos (you can choose the phonemes from the chart).
- -ed ending
- Rules and practical activities on -ed ending.
- Rules of pronouncing the ending -(e)s.
- This great resource will help you improve your listening comprehension by completing song lyrics: http://lyricstraining.com/.
- Play phonetic games, test your pronunciation with Cambridge English Online.
- Try this site for animated pronunciation with rules and practical tasks.
- Remember some principles of word stress placement.
