CET PRONUNCIATION WORKSHOP:
English Pronunciation: From the Ground Up

Karen Chung, Associate Professor NTU DFLL
史嘉琳 台大外文系 副教授


Music

Apples and Bananas by Raffi
The Silent E Song by Tom Lehrer   The Electric Company
Lute     Guitar     Celtic

    How you sound to others before working hard on your pronunciation
Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Tsing Hua in Beijing

What can happen if you're sloppy about your vowels?

你有沒有不小心講出「限制級英文」?
One Small Step Can Change Your Life
Why Kaizen?
Radio drama from The New Yorker Radio Hour:
I Work from Home       Source page


Useful links

Workshop Manual  pdf  Word
Stream Series Chrome Extension
Big Bang Theory transcript  Echo file  online
Parrot Story audio 2nd link
CET Listening Workshop Facebook Group
Gmail
OneLook Dictionary Search
OneLook Thesaurus and Reverse Dictionary
(click "Show filters")
Thesaurus.com
Linggle  
Netspeak  
Wordnet  
Audacity Recording Software  
Google Images  
Baby names  
Rhymezone  


Dictionaries

The Free Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
Cambridge Learners (IPA)


Further help with Pronunciation

YouEnGlish: Hear examples of words and phrases in context on YouTube
ELSA (English Language Speech Assistant) Pronunciation Coach (app)
How to have Alex read to you on an Apple device
For Android devices: Google Play: Google Text-to-speech
How Text-to-speech (TTS) works in Windows 10


Reading practice with pronunciation correction

That Quail, Robert: Text (Word)
That Quail, Robert: Text (pdf)
That Quail, Robert: MP3  

Practice dictations and IPA

Practice Dictations
IPA symbol handout
i2Spi:k IPA Input

Previous practice transcriptions

Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase: Yellow Horses  Homepage
Criminal Podcast: Just Mercy (excerpt)  Homepage
The Grape, from WNYC  WNYC Homepage
Drama as Rehabilitation in Prison  

Radiotopia Podcasts: Lots of high-quality podcasts!

Breaking News English – Dictation Practice (British English)


After the Workshop

CET Listening Workshop Facebook Group
Karen on Ivy League Analytical English
English questions answered!
Karen's Email Updates List
New articles!
Karen Chung's CET articles on
English pronunciation and grammar
Mini-conversations, with Echo Practice Files
NTU Open Course Ware:
Introduction to Phonetics by Karen Chung

Karen's homepage:
For Karen Chung's Courses and More

 

 

 

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