Phonetics

During the lessons of Phonetics we learned a lot about pronunciation in the British language and its usage. And with it, we came across many different terms like:

• plosives, affricates, fricatives, nasals, laterals, aproximants,
• vowels, consonants,
• bilabial, labio-dental, dental, alveoloar, post-alveolar, uvular,
• aspirations, glottal reinforcements and so on.

I know learning/memorizing/practise using these definitions might be a pain in the you know what but I've decided to help you guys with the use of some sites.

1. The first one I discovered was this one right here. The link is from the Macmillan Books for Teachers site and might be very useful when learning the different vowels and consonants. When you click on the different sounds, you hear a voice that will make the sound for you, so it makes it much easier to repeat and to study them. You can also download the software on your own pc and study the sounds every single time you want!
2. The second link that could be convienient for studying Phonetics is this one. And this is a nice one. You can actually practice your phonemic symbols here. Copy a text that interests you, a poem, a songlyric, whatever and paste it in the box. Now you can transcribe the text by clicking on the phonemic symbols. You're welcome. =)
3. The last link I'm going to show you guys is this link right over here somewhere And what do you know? It's a whole page full of fun exercises regarding Phonetics. You can click on the variety of exercises to see what things you can do on this site. From odd one out exercises till the silent letter ones. It is a Spanish site though, but that doesn't really matter when you're learning English sounds!

Whooptie-doo.