GuruEAP

Phonemic Chart

Click phonemes to hear examples! (more…)

Scissor

Indonesian students of English are lucky in that the sounds of their language are quite close to the sounds of English. However, here is a song that focuses on two pronunciation features that are rare in Bahasa Indonesia: (more…)

Minimal pairs /s/ , /ʃ/

In minimal pair activity we listen to the difference between Sue and ‘shoe’, and maybe learn how to say “Sue’s shoe!” (more…)

Minimal pairs /e/ , /eɪ/

Comparing the short /e/, and the diphthong /eɪ/. Click or touch the sound you hear! (more…)

Minimal pairs /e/ , /æ/

In this activity we practice recognising the short ‘a’ and the short ‘e’ in minimal pairs. Click or touch the sound you hear! (more…)

Minimal pairs /ɪ/ , /i:/

Q:What did the bean say to the bin?
A: How’ve you been?
In this activity we practice recognising short and long ‘i’ sounds in minimal pairs. Click or touch the sound you hear! (more…)

Minimal pairs practice

A minimal pair is two words that sound the same except for one sound. Can you recognise which of two words is being spoken? Have a go! (more…)

Phonemic Bingo!

A little game to let you practice listening to and producing the sounds of English! (more…)

College colleagues

I’m very busy during the week, but at weekends I go out with my colleges.

 This was something I overheard someone say, although I sometimes see the same error in writing. Mostly it’s a pronunciation problem that influences written form. (more…)

Lemon Squeezy

Another song from @GuruEAP – this time to practice the words ‘easy‘ and ‘difficult‘. See also this earlier post for further practice of these not-so-easy items! (more…)