1. LISTENING * PHONETICS * PRONUNCIATION

TEXT TO SPEECH: YOUR PHONE READS ARTICLES, BOOKS AND ANY DOCUMENTS
This will allow you to practice for your oral exams and presentations by listening and repeating some words and sentences with the correct pronunciation. There are also TEXT TO SPEECH online that are free but you have to copy the texts you want to listen and go on a website.
CHANGE THE SETTINGS OF YOUR PHONE:
For an iphone:
Settings / Paramètres
Accessibility / Accessibilité
Spoken content / Contenu énoncé
Activate Speak selection / Activer énoncer la sélection
Activate SPEAK SCREEN / énoncer le contenu de l’écran
For an ANDROID:
- Say "Hey Google".
- Say"Activate TalkBack" (or "Desactivate TalkBack" when you have finished").
Settings / Paramètres
Accessibility / Accessibilité
Talkback
Press on NEXT for a few seconds / appuyer sur suivant plusieurs secondes
Finish / Terminer
English lab. Click on LISTENING ACTIVITIES: Easy intermediate or difficult.
RADIOS
Choose a country and a city and listen to the radio in English
CNN. USA
https://www.languagecourse.net/radio/most_popular_english_radio_stations
Popular American and British radios.
https://radioly.app/most-popular-fm-radio-stations-from-all-over-world/
Most popular English radios from all over the world
https://www.radiomap.eu/uk/london
London radios
Heart West Midlands 100.7, listen live (radio-uk.co.uk)
Heart Radio
https://www.radio-uk.co.uk/bbc-radio-4
BBC4
https://www.npr.org/podcasts-and-shows/
National Public radio. Short radio podcasts with the script.
https://www.christmascourtradio.com
Christmas court radio
Listening comprehensions with multiple choice answers
English lab. Click on LISTENING ACTIVITIES: Easy intermediate or difficult.
LISTENING COMPREHENSIONS. CHOOSE YOUR LEVEL.
Choose English as a language and select your level from A1(6ème) * A2 B1(5ème 4ème) * B1 B2(3ème)
Cliquer en haut à gauche sur TOUS LES THEMES, choisir un thème puis cliquer sur Anglais.
https://rhinospike.com/language/eng/recordings/?fbclid=IwAR2ERWggeShTSo3BRUMwPfhTsqRndl0Pj-9kj1_1R9Xh6aHRgf-bRBOqJlo
A great variety of recordings made by native speakers
Click on the blue titles then click on play
https://sites.google.com/view/listening-comprehension/home?authuser=0
Listening comprehensions A2-B1-B2-C1
http://fr.talkenglish.com/listening/listenintermediate.aspx
Listen to dialogues, answer multiple choice questions, see the script in the end.
Tricky phonetics poem with recording
https://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory
Click on a subject on the left in the directory and listen to podcasts.
https://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/listening.html
Listening activities
Listen and read short texts.
Latest news available as free video on demand
Listen to all kinds of podcasts. American accent. Available on spotify, apple and google podcasts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/podcasts
Click on the different themes at the top of the page: News sports travel
Listen to the news. Practise your listening comprehension for exams.
https://www.radio-uk.co.uk/bbc-radio-4
Listen to radio 4 live
WEBSITES TO IMPROVE YOUR LISTENING SKILLS
http://blog.ac-versailles.fr/youcandoit/public/Pronunciation.pdf

PRONUNCIATION, PHONETICS, THE SOUND OF ENGLISH
http://blog.ac-versailles.fr/youcandoit/public/Videos_to_improve_your_accent.pdf
Videos to improve your English accent
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-rhythm/
Check the bouncing ball, echo activity, movement activity
Le truc ultime pour parler comme un vrai anglais! - YouTube
The sound schwa
Stage Puf phonologie ac-limoges (padlet.com)
Sounds, wordstress, actvities
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english
How to pronouce words. Type your word and click on the loudspeaker.
Stress in English pronunciation and intonation.
http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Annexe:Prononciation/anglais
Phonetics
https://quizlet.com/135907847/sound-park-level-2-flash-cards/
Sound. Phonetics. Listen and repeat the words.
http://blog.crdp-versailles.fr/youcandoit/public/Copie_de_secours_de_phonetics_list.wbk
List of words and sounds written in French.
http://blog.ac-versailles.fr/youcandoit/public/prononciation_du_-ED.odt
Verbs ending with ED(played, visited, watched) Pronounciation D T ID
Tableau phonétique à compléter.
1. [ I : ] Green seal : Please * knee * he * she * please * heel
2. [ ae] Black cat : Bag * hat * apple * bad *
3. [aI ] wild tiger : high * my * lie * mine
4. [ I ] Pink pig : it * sing * listen * fish * hit
5. Old goat : No * ago * post-office * show * poney *
6. [ 3 : ] purple bird : third * heard * sir * mermaid *
7. small horse : Your * more * call *
8. good bull : book * look * put * hook *
9. [u:] blue kangaroo : shoe * who * you *
10. fearful dear : here * ear * peer
11. [ e ] red hen : yes * let * said
12. [ a: ] dark shark : are * afternoon * heart
13. [ eI ] grey snake : name * baby * say * play
14. funny duck : Bus * monday * money * lucky *
15. brown cow : how * shout * loud *
16. moist oyster : boy * voice * joy *
17. hot dog : on * holiday * sock * coffee
Publié le 24 janvier 2014 par you can do it!