Internet was a great resource to improve my level in english pronunciation. Besides watching my series in english, I used several websites throughout the semester and listening to some podcasts, especially this last month because I realized that hearing english was as good as speaking to increase my skills in pronunciation.
Here are some of the websites that helped me in my work :
Here are some of the websites that helped me in my work :
The Collins Dictionnary was perfect for me because they have a special part of the website for english learners which includes audio files for each word but also phonetic transcription of those words.
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-cobuild-learners
Rhinospike is a very clever website. Indeed, it provides you the opportunity to ask a native speaker to read a word, sentence, or even a longer text for you in order to hear the correct way to pronounce it.
http://rhinospike.com/
Rachel is a youtuber who is specialzed in american english pronunciation. She is very pedagogue and her videos are really helpful to understand better the functioning of the english language.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB043E64B8BE05FB7
Manythings.com is a very simple website but also very useful as it allows us to train differentiating the different sounds that are existing in the english language.
http://www.manythings.org/pp/
Podcasts
At the beginning of the semester, I didn't know the CBC website could be such a good help. When I discovered it, I tried to listen regularly to some recordings and also to watch videos. I personaly prefer listening to the sound only because I think it helps me to concentrate more on the pronunciation than on the image. Here are some Podcasts that I listened those last weeks :
Fraternity to sue Rolling Stone over fake rape story : http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2662593584/?page=7
California imposes water restrictions : http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2661910614/?page=11
Too many Aeroplan members - too few seats : http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2661820150/?page=11
Meat sold here less safe than that sold for the export, unions says : http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2661706844/?page=12
