Practising Pronunciation

So that's the start of term. Everyone seems excited to get started and it's good to see that the umbrella sellers are doing good business!






Here are some suggestions for practising pronunciation. I'll start with the pronunciation part of the BBC website. There are lots of videos, quizzes, activities and downloads.

Similar to this is Phonetics Focus. This is a good site for helping you to learn the phonemic alphabet. It has lots of games to practice the sounds. Also, there is a function for recording your own voice so you can compare it. A good feature of this is the entry and exit tests. Take the entry test before you start, and then when you finish. It measures how much you learn!

Welcome to Everyone at the Leicester International Study Centre

Hi - I'm Dan and this blog is for anyone interested in using computers and the internet to practice their English.

I hope you find some of the ideas and links useful. Let me know what you think and feel free to send in suggestions.

First of all, I'll tell you a bit about me. As you know (I hope!), I'm an English teacher. It's a really cool job because you get to meet people from all over the world.

Before I started working at Leicester, I was in Tripoli in Libya. I had a great year helping to set up a new college. It's a really beautiful country (though the desert gets a bit boring) and the people are really friendly.


This is my friend Tarik. We went to see Libya and Ghana in a World Cup Qualifying match. Amazingly Libya won 1-0. As you can see Tarik was getting very nervous in the last 5 minutes!








This is Bashir, one of my old students. He's the first one to dive. This was on a trip to Brighton. I don't recommend trying this!



Finally I'd like to recommend a website for improving your English. You probably know this one already... it's the BBC Learning English website. There's loads to explore on this one. If you don't know it have a look around and then let me know what you think.
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