Posts filed under ‘Pronunciation’
Learn French on the go with this iPhone app!
If you are learning French, and own an iPhone, you might be interested in this app.
According to French Culture,
The recently-released TV5MONDE iPhone app is specially designed to supplement the 26 minute-long TV news magazine, “7 jours sur la planète” (7 Days on Earth), a popular program airing every Saturday morning on TV5MONDE from September through June. Each week’s show highlights major world current events in French and also includes French subtitles, helping the program reach larger audiences with varying levels of French.“7 jours sur la planète” is available to watch online, and viewers can also access a number of fun activities on the website to help dive deeper into the French language. The iPhone app aims to help users learn 30 new words each week relating to the most relevant and pressing issues of the week, and also features games like word searches, anagrams, and quizzes to encourage the assimilation of new words and a better understanding of each week’s broadcast.
More info can be obtained from the TV5Monde website or from the iTunes store.
Language resources (practice your Grammar, Pronunciation, & Vocabulary)
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Practice vocabulary, the alphabet and numbers, in the language of your choice. Place your cursor over an image or text to hear it pronounced aloud.
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“Welcome to Learning Chocolate! This web site aims to help students to memorize vocabulary in an easy and efficient way, by using pictures, sounds and games. Try our games and enjoy learning, like eating chocolate.”
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Includes Sounds, Stress, Intonation.
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English language pronunciation practice with minimal pairs - simply mouse over to hear
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This excellent website includes interactive quizzes to test your knowledge of and help you learn about English pronunciation.
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A free online Talking Dictionary of English Pronunciation
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Forvo is the largest pronunciation guide in the world. Ever wondered how a word is pronounced? Ask for that word or name, and another user will pronounce it for you. You can also help others by recording your pronunciations in your own language.
5 best Text to Speech converters
Here’s a review of 5 of the best Text to Speech Converters by dkszone.net
http://www.dkszone.net/best-free-text-to-speech-online
1. iSpeech
2. YakiToMe
3. vozMe
4. Zamzar
5. ivona
Can you think of any others?
Language resources (Hebrew)
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Learn Conversational Hebrew
Language resources (English)
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Welcome to englishforeveryone.org – your resource for free printable English worksheets.
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Hundreds of free exercises to learn English online: grammar, verbs, vocabulary, listening, reading, songs and videos, including teacher and student resources.
Language resources (Mandarin)
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Mandarin Pronunciation Exercises and Learning Components
Language resources (English, Japanese)
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By using NHK WORLD there is no need to go to a language school to learn how to speak Japanese. Start learning how to speak Japanese online for free.
Language resources (Hebrew and Spanish)
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Learn the Hebrew Alphabet.
Language resources (French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish)
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In addition to the basic grammar and vocabulary tutorials, there are mp3s available to aid with pronunciation as well as interactive exercises and realia to provide you with a more active and authentic approach to learning French online. Includes study resources and mp3s in German, Indonesian, Italian and Spanish)
