Dictation Race.
Great game to focus student attention on the importance of correct pronunciation. Pairs of students race each other to correctly dictate a small passage of writing to their partners who must copy every letter precisely.

International Phonetic Alphabet
Here are the 44 phonemes of Standard English. We all know there are countless accents which means countless varieties of the sounds on this page, but it's a good starting point.

The English Consonants - Articulation Chart
This is a Word document (26k) showing the place and manner of articulation of the 24 consonants that make up Standard English. If you prefer, there is also a graphic of the same chart. Open the link and save the graphic onto your computer where you can then print it off.

Dominoes to practise pronunciation of 'æ', 'aar' and 'ai' sounds.
Students put words with the same sound together. The three sounds practised here are:

'æ' as in cat
'arr' as in father
'ai' as in name

		Books For ESL Professionals.
Teaching Pronunciation: A Reference for Teachers of E.S.O.L. - Marianne Celce-Murcia
	This book is for those ESL instructors who want to take their ability to teach pronunciation onto a higher level. There are a host of ideas that can be easily used in the ESL classroom to help your students with their pronunciation, a handy reference section at the back and is, overall, one of the best all purpose aids to teaching the important area of pronunciation. Click here for more info.

Dominoes to practise pronunciation of 'or', 'err' and 'eee' sounds.
Students put words with the same sound together. The three sounds practised here are:

'or' as in door
'er' as in bird
'ee' as in wheel

Dominoes to practise pronunciation of 'ee' and 'i' sounds.
Students put words with the same sound together. The two sounds practised here are:

'ee' as in sheep
'i' as in ship

Eric asks 'What is Your Name?'
The teacher models the sentence 'What is your name?' in a variety of ways and students have to choose the most appropriate word from this sheet. Good for focusing students' attention on the importance of intonation.

Dominoes to practise pronunciation of 'o', 'oo' and 'or' sounds.
As in normal dominoes, students have to put words that have the same sounds together. The three sounds practised here are:

'o' as in stop
'oo' as in took
'or' as in law

		Books For ESL Professionals.
Teaching English Pronunciation - Joanne Kenworthy
	Step by step guide to teaching all aspects of English pronunciation from individual phonemes through to sentence stress and intonation - all tips accompanied by useful and interesting activities which will make your pronunciation teaching a pleasure, not a bind. Click here for more info.

Past Simple Endings
Answer Sheet
Students practise the endings of regular past tense verbs and have to classify them into three groups.

Dominoes to practise pronunciation of 'u', 'æ' and 'e' sounds.
As in normal dominoes, students have to put words that have the same sounds together. The three sounds practised here are:

'u' as in pup
'æ' as in cat
'e' as in well

Stress Pattern Dominoes.
Students have to put words and stress patterns together so they match, as in real dominoes. For example, /..*../ would go next to 'university', etc, etc.

Dominoes to practise pronunciation of the voiced and unvoiced 'th' sounds and 'f'.
As in normal dominoes, students have to put words that have the same sounds together. The three sounds practised here are:

'th' as in mother
'th' as in think
'f' as in fine

Homophone Card Game.
Card turning game where students must find pairs of homophones. An example of two homophones are the words 'brake' and 'break' which are spelt differently but have the same pronunciation.

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