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Sound Menu
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mastering just 52 sounds will allow you to speak
English with confidence. |
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Hear each
of these 52 sounds clearly pronounced by
our professional instructors. |
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Choose one
of the 52 sounds and begin practicing
your English pronunciation with the
various lessons and exercises. |
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Speech Analysis
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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
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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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Exercises
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practice with a variety of interesting, exciting
and effective exercises. |
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Choose
from one of the five exercise sets to
help you practice your pronunciation. As
you master the lessons you are mastering
spoken English. |
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Sample Words
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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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Comparative Words
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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. You can save your recording
at any time to track your improvement. |
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Listening Discrimination
Exercises -
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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Practice Sentence
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. |
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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 - your English speaking
partner. You can save your recording at
any time to track your improvement. |
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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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S.T.A.I.R. Manual |
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A detailed
manual is available for the S.T.A.I.R
exercises that helps you learn about
using stress, timing, articulation,
intonation and rhythm in pronunciation.
This is an excellent teacher's tool. |
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