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Sample Words
- practice a
variety of words. |
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Practice
780 carefully selected words.
The sound you have chosen will
be at the beginning, middle or
end of a word to provide you
with the very best practice. |
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Listen to
the instructor pronounce the
sample words. |
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Record
your own voice and compare your
pronunciation of the word to the
instructor's. You can save your
recording at any time to track
your improvement. |
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Dictionary
Reference -
click any word
to see its dictionary reference. |
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Click on
any sample word and get a
picture and sample sentence from
the dictionary. If it is a noun,
such as banana, you will see,
hear and be able to record the
plural form. The verbs will show
all of their forms. |
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Speech
Analysis -
each spoken
English sound has a unique computerized
pattern. |
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Listen to
the instructor pronounce the
sound; then view the
instructor's waveform. |
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Using your
computer microphone record your
own pronunciation of that sound. |
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Compare
the sound and waveform of your
voice to that of the instructor. |
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Lessons -
Front and Side View -
see how each of
the 52 sounds is formed. |
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View the
animated lesson. Listen to the
sound. |
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See how
the sound is made through
detailed front and side views of
the human mouth. |
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Side View:
Observe the movement of an
animated face - see the tongue
and mouth movement for the
sound. Try it in slow motion. |
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Front
View: Observe the movement of
the instructor's mouth - see the
lips form the sound. |
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Comparative
Words -
practice words that sound similar but
are different. |
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Practice
1040 challenging word pairs. |
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Listen to
the instructor say the two
words. |
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Record
your voice while you say the
words. |
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Compare
your voice to the voice of the
instructor - your English
speaking partner. You can save
your recording at any time to
track your improvement. |
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Listening
Discrimination Exercises A -
improve your
English listening skills. |
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Practice
your listening skills by
listening to two words and
deciding if both the words
contain the sound you have
chosen. If they do, you choose
"Yes". If they don't you choose
"No". |
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There are
30 words to listen to for each
of the 52 sounds. |
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Listening
Discrimination Exercises B -
improve your
English listening skills. |
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Advance
your listening ability with 650
different listening exercises. |
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Listen to
a sentence read by the
instructor. |
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Choose the
correct word used by the
instructor in the spoken
sentence. |
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Pronunciation Power indicates if
you were successful in
identifying the correct word. |
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S.T.A.I.R.
Exercises |
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10
practice sentences are provided
for each of the 52 sounds. |
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Listen to
the instructor read the
sentence. Follow the highlights
as they move along the sentence.
Pay attention to the special
instructions for the skill that
you are practicing. |
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Record
your voice while you read the
sentence following the
highlights. |
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Listen to
your recording. See if your
recording matches the moving
highlights. Compare your
recording to that of the
instructor. |
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Level 1
Sentences |
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10
practice sentences are provided
for each of the 52 sounds. |
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Listen to
the instructor read the
sentence. |
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Record
your voice while you read the
sentence. |
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Compare
your voice to the voice of the
instructor. You can save your
recording at any time to track
your improvement. |
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When you
place the cursor over a word you
will get the translation of that
word in the language you have
chosen. |
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Level 2
Sentences |
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Practice
your pronunciation with Level 2
sentences. |
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These
sentences are longer and more
difficult than the Level 1
sentences. You can save your
recordings. |
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Language Menu |
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Choose a
language at any time by simply
choosing from this drop down
menu. |
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Pronunciation
Dictionary |
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Access
this dictionary from the Main
Menu or from the Exercise
section where all words are
linked to the dictionary. This
dictionary will help you improve
your reading comprehension,
vocabulary, pronunciation and
spelling abilities. |
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Translations in 12 different
languages and over 2000 pictures
and illustrations to help you
learn. |
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Listen to
and record over 7000 words
including the plurals of the
nouns and the forms of the
verbs. |
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Unique
searches for viewing words.
Choose a theme from the 39
themes (animals, colors,
clothing etc.). Find a sound
with occurs in the beginning,
middle or end of words. Search
by alphabet letter or by letter
combinations. Find only verbs or
only nouns. |
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Listening Game
1 - Hear It/Find It |
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Have fun
improving your English listening
skills. |
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Listening Game
2 - Phonics Game |
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Have fun
improving your English listening
skills. |
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Recording Game
1 - Theme Game |
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Have fun
practicing your English speaking
and reading skills. |
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Recording Game
2 - See It/Say It |
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Have fun
practicing your English speaking
and reading skills. |
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