AmericanAmerican SpeechsoundsSpeechsounds

How to Use the Program

Why use AmericanAmerican SpeechsoundsSpeechsounds?

• Practice the problem sounds of American English

• Learn basic stress, intonation, and linking

• Learn commonly used vocabulary

• Record your voice on simple exercises and progress to sentences

• Use “Key Information” screens for detailed pronunciation instructions

Navigating the Main Screen

FIRST Select your native language from the dropdown menu for focused pronunciation practice.

Choose from the following activities:

Speech sounds Listen & Choose

Words Sentences

SECOND choose a phonetics option:

AS Phonetics: Allows you to see the way sounds are written and includes color categories for similar sounds.

IPA Phonetics: Uses the well-known form of phonetic text as a visual pronunciation guide.

SpeechSounds ExercisesIntroduce yourself to the sounds of American English

by hearing the sounds then practicing them!

Click the key icon for detailed

pronunciation instructions and video examples

Select the consonant or vowel sound

you would like to work on

Use the “Play All” button to

hear the lesson without recording your

voice

Use the “Play/Record”

buttons to hear the

lesson and record your

voice

Pronunciation Examples

To view detailed pronunciation examples, click on the Pronunciation Key icon in the activities.

• Click on the Video icon to see how the sound is pronounced

• Click on the Instructions icon to hear directions for forming the sound.

Listen & ChooseTeach yourself to distinguish between correctly

and incorrectly pronounced words

Choose from Consonant

sounds, Vowel sounds, or

Exercises to improve your listening skills

Words and SentencesUse the Words and Sentences activities to record your

speech then compare it to examples from native American English speakers

Exiting the Program

Click on the “X” when you are

ready to exit the program

Click on the question mark icon for more information about the program.

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