Pronunciation Power 2

Main Menu: Sounds

• Choose one of the 52 sounds by clicking it with your mouse.
• Hear each of the 52 sounds pronounced clearly by the instructor.
• Navigate through lessons, speech analysis and excercises.

Speech Analysis

• Listen to the instructor pronounce the sound; then see the instructor's waveform.
• Record your own pronunciation and waveform of the sound.
• Compare your waveform to the instructor's waveform.

Vocal Mechanics

• Learn how the sound is made through detailed pictures of the human mouth.
• Side view: observe the movement of an animated face - see the tongue guide the sound.
• Front view: observe the movement of the instructor's mouth - see the lips form the sound.

Practice Exercises

• Choose from one of four exercise lesson sets to help you practise the 52 sounds.
• As you master the lessons you are mastering spoken English!

Sample and Comparative Words

• Study 15 example words plus 20 comparative words per sound.
• Listen to the instructor pronounce the sample and comparative words.
• Record your own voice and compare your pronunciation to the instructor's.

Listening Discrimination

• Up to 15 listening-discrimination exercises for each sound.Listen to the instructor reading a sentence.
• Choose the word that the instructor uses in each sentence.
• The program tells you if you identified the right word.

Sentence Exercises

• 10 sentences per sound.
• Listen to the instructor read the sentence.
• Record your voice while you say the sentence.
• Compare your voice to the voice of your instructor - your English speaking partner.