Pronunciation

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Pronunciation exercises

Simple pronunciation exercises at various levels, with tips and suggestions by Miles Craven and accompanying audio material.

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Pronunciation skills: What accent should I teach?

ELT Pronunciation expert Adrian Underhill addresses your practical concerns on accents, RP and student identity.

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Pronunciation skills: Consonants – consciously rediscovering the ON and OFF voice buttons

In his latest article, ELT pronunciation expert Adrian Underhill looks at consonants and how consciously rediscoving the ON and OFF voice buttons can benefit both your teaching and your students’ learning.

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Pronunciation skills: Diphthongs – Sliding and putting sounds together

In his latest article, ELT pronunciation expert Adrian Underhill looks at diphthongs and how sliding and putting sounds together can benefit both your teaching and your students’ learning.

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Pronunciation skills: Monophthongs: Using mime, gesture and inner imaging

In his latest article, ELT pronunciation expert Adrian Underhill looks at monophthongs and how mime, gesture and inner imaging can benefit both your teaching and your students’ learning.

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Lesson Share: My Hat

Bridget Magee wins this month’s Lesson Share with a fun lesson for younger learners on rhymes and poems.

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The world's funniest joke

The use of present tenses when telling a joke in English; pausing and rhythm in pronunciation.

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Pronunciation skills: Syllabic l

This lesson practises the pronunciation of syllabic l. It occurs in many words with the spelling ‘consonant + le’, and also when the contraction ‘ll occurs after a consonant sound, as in that’ll do. 

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Pronunciation skills: Stress in compound nouns

This lesson focuses on stress patterns in compound nouns. Students form compounds to fit definitions then practise them by asking questions.

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Pronunciation skills: Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency such as always and sometimes are a familiar teaching point. This lesson by Jonathan Marks practises some of these phrases with a particular focus on their stress patterns.

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Pronunciation skills: Sound and spelling

This lesson plan by Jonathan Marks focuses on homographs and homophones, as well as other pairs of words whose pronunciation learners tend to find confusing.

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Limericks

This entertaining skills lesson by Paul Ashe introduces the framework of a limerick and provides students with practice in writing their own limericks.

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Pronunciation activities: Part 9

This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the phonemes marking the two vowels sounds in the words 'cat' and 'cut'.

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Pronunciation activities: Part 8

This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the phonemes marking the two vowels sounds in the words 'ball' and 'bowl'.

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Pronunciation activities: Part 7

This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the long and short 'u' sound, marking the difference in words like 'pull' and 'pool'.

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Pronunciation activities: Part 6

The sixth lesson in this series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the phonemes /v/ and /w/.

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Assimilation and elision

This comprehensive article by Jonathan Marks explains the most common types of assimilation and elision.

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Pronunciation activities: Part 5

The fifth lesson in this series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the sounds 's', 'sh' and 'ch' in words like 'seat', 'sheet' and 'cheat'.

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Pronunciation activities: Part 4

This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the phonemes marking the two vowels sounds in the words 'shot' and 'shout'.

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Pronunciation activities: Part 3

This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the sounds 'n' and 'ng' in words like 'ran' and 'rang'.