Vowels,
Pauses and Rises:
PRONUNCIATION II WORKSHOP
Karen
Chung, Associate Professor NTU DFLL
史嘉琳 台大外文系 副教授
Music
| My Dame Has a Lame Tame Crane (Word) |
| Lute Guitar Celtic |
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Two trouble spots:
1. Nasals /m/,
/n/ and /ŋ/
2. Vowels: /æ/,
/ɛ/ and /eɪ/
Plus:
Practice dictations and IPA
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Nasals: 鼻音/m/、/n/ 與 /ŋ/ —— No problen? |
| Vowels: 台式英語罪魁禍首：/æ/、/ɛ/ 和 /eɪ/ | |
| Practice Dictations | |
| IPA symbol handout | |
| i2Spi:k IPA Input |
你有沒有不小心講出「限制級英文」?
Reading
practice with pronunciation correction
| That Quail, Robert: Text (Word) |  |
| That Quail, Robert: Text (pdf) | |
That Quail, Robert:
MP3  |
Dictionaries
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The Free Dictionary |
| Merriam-Webster | |
| Cambridge Learners (IPA) | |
| Dictionary.com (IPA, more) |
Further help with Pronunciation
| Ten Minutes a Day with the Echo Method |  |
| 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 |
Useful links
| OneLook Dictionary Search |  |
| OneLook
Thesaurus and Reverse Dictionary (click "Show filters") |
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| Thesaurus.com | |
| Linggle | |
| Netspeak | |
| Wordnet | |
| Audacity Recording Software | |
| Google Images | |
| Baby names | |
| Rhymezone | |
| VoiceTube: 看影片學英語 | |
| Librivox: Free audio books |
Transcription practice
| 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! |
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| Breaking News English – Dictation Practice (British English) |
After the Workshop
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Karen
on Ivy League Analytical English English questions answered! |
| Karen's
Email Updates List New articles! |
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| Karen Chung's CET
articles on English pronunciation and grammar |
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| Mini-conversations, with Echo Practice Files | |
| NTU Open Course Ware:
Introduction to Phonetics by Karen Chung |
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Karen's homepage: |