Phone App: ELSA Speak (Basic tools are free: can listen and repeat and receive a score on your pronunciation. You can also create your own word lists)
Dictionary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- Most dictionaries are good: you can listen to the pronunciation of a new word
- The Longman dictionary also has example sentences, which you can listen to, of how the word is actually used
Dictionary: YouGlish
- Type the word or phrase (idioms!) and you can watch many short YouTube clips of speakers using the word in context
Pronunciation Tips: Rachel’s English
- Short videos about many pronunciation topics
Shadow Reading: Use YouTube, TED Talks or other websites with transcripts
- Listen and repeat, then use the transcript to read along with the speaker
Free Pronunciation Practice – You can check your answers:
- CambridgeEnglish.org – Short interactive video quizzes
- LDOCEOnline.com – Short pronunciation listening quizzes
- EvaEaston.com – Short videos and quizzes on all pronunciation features
Sentence Stress:
- English Club: Sentence Stress & English Club: Sentence Stress Quiz
- A Guide to Word and Sentence Stress Rules for English Learners and Teachers
- Ellii Blog: When a little stress is a good thing…
- Rachel’s English: Word Stress: Sentence Position (she has several other videos on the topic)
Articles on Accent:
- Is Nonverbal Communication a Numbers Game? (Psychology Today)
- Accent acceptance (several articles linked to this page)
- Why the brain doubts a foreign accent (article)
