Hi everyone,
It might be a bit too late in the month, but I didn't want to finish November without posting a new ITip. Time for pronunciation! Now that I'm teaching C1.2, I've noticed that many of my students have a good knowledge of grammar and even vocabulary, but when it comes to pronunciation they keep making mistakes that I wouldn't expect at this level. So, my new ITip is for those who are really worried about pronouncing correctly and let vowels follow their own way!
YouGlish uses the daddy of all video sites, YouTube, to let students practise pronunciation. It provides students with answers as it shows how English is spoken all around the world by real speakers and in a real context. It is simple and quite easy to use. Just have to type the word or even expression you want to learn and click on "Say it!"... and there it goes, hundreds or even thousands!!! of videos where you can hear both native and non native speakers in a wide variety of situations will pop up. Don't you think it is great?
I use it a lot in class to practise the pronunciation of difficult vocabulary and it works. It's fun, enjoyable and pretty practical!
