Online Pronunciation Practice
This is a curated list of helpful English pronunciation resources to help you in speaking academic English.
Websites
- English Accent Coach – An interactive tool for English pronunciation practice (consonants and vowels). It uses the International Phonetic Alphabet to help learners hear the difference between difficult English sounds. This type of practice will help learners to develop their ability to pronounce these difficult sounds as well. This tool can help learners to improve their pronunciation, promote faster vocabulary learning, and enhance listening comprehension.
- Sounds American – The website has an interactive IPA chart containing every sound in general American English. This site also provides animations and step-by-step instructions to help learners articulate difficult sounds.
- YouGlish – This website provides various authentic examples of expressions and vocabulary, taken from Ted Talk, documentaries, speeches, etc. Learners can use the search bar to search for videos that will highlight difficult sounds, target vocabulary and phrases, tongue twisters, etc. Highly useful for finding useful instructional examples quickly.
- Speaker English – This website is a good resource for learning and practicing each English sound. The website includes instructions on how to use different areas of your mouth (including the jaw, teeth, and lips) to produce difficult English sounds.
Youtube Channels
- Sounds American – This channel has a collection of self-study English pronunciation videos focused on vowel and consonant sounds, as well as contrasting sounds.
- All Ears English – This channel is for learning North American English. It is available through YouTube and podcasts. You can learn not only the pronunciation of English words that may be confusing to you as a second language learner, but also English idiomatic expressions derived from their cultural background, cultural differences between different English-speaking countries, and differences in English usage.
- Billie English – A channel run by a Spanish-English teacher for second language English learners to learn more about English pronunciation. The videos provide minimal pairs (or pairs of difficult sounds) and visual aids to help learners understand which sounds to focus on and how to produce them.
- Accent’s Way of English with Hader – This channel is for second language learners to learn more about English pronunciation, this time taught be a successful English language learner. This channel focuses on not only pronunciation but also speech fluency by sharing how to learn pronunciation with less stress and a positive mindset.
- Learn English with TV Series – This channel uses TV series, movies, and music to help focus on difficult areas of English speaking, including types of connected speech used by native English speakers (adding sounds, deleting sounds, flowing from one word to the next).
Campus Resources
- English Language Institute – English classes for UH Manoa students
- Hawaii English Language Program – Intensive English courses
- Second Language Studies – Department that studies the learning, teaching, analysis, and use of multiple languages
- Writing Center – English department center that assists UH students with their writing
- Online Learning Academy Writing Services – provides one-on-one English, Math, and Science tutoring
- Center for Communicating Scientific Information – on campus resource for extensive presentation practice and coaching
Upcoming Workshops
Upcoming workshops hosted by CASE tutors will be listed here.