Pronunciation Resources

Google Translate: http://translate.google.com

Top Practice Sites

• RachelsEnglish.com
• Sounds of American English
• Englishcentral.com 
• Sozoexchange.com

Other Sites

• American English Pronunciation Practice
• LearningEnglish Pronunciation
• EnglishPronunciation at EnglishClub.com
• English Pronunciation/Listening (OkanaganUniversity, Canada)
• Phonetics: English Sound Library (Universityof Iowa)
• Eva Easton - Pronuciation
• Emily's Pronunciation Class
• Listen & Repeat Machine
• Ear Training
• Teaching Pronunciation

Sources of Practice Audio

• Elllo.org
• Breakingnewsenglish.com
• Esl-lab.com
  Music related (more fun than pronuciation related)
• Lyricstraining.com
• Singsnap.com (online Karaoke)

Chatbots are automated chat tools that can be pre-programmed say certain things or  interact with users. Text to speech chatbots allow you to create a speaking character (or  avatar) Naturalreaders.com Voki.com Oddcast.com (multilingualdemo) Vozme.com(allows you to create an mp3 file from text) ReadtehWords.com(allows you to create an mp3 file from text)

Instructional Videos

• TarleSpeech
  Samples
  
  • Frequently Mispronounced Words - Wood,  Women, Beach , Version
  • Confusing Word Pairs - coffee/copy, live/leave, world/word
• Seattle English
  Samples
  
  • Introduction to Long Vowels
  • Short Vowel Sounds
  • Schwa + r Sound
  • Long O
  • Compare short i, short e, and long e

  RachelsEnglish.com:

Consonants:  'v' as in 'van' - 'f' as in 'fan' , 'th' as in 'thin' -  'th' as in 'this',  'z' as in 'zip' - 's' as in 'sip' , 'sh' as in 'ship' - 'dj' as in 'measure', 'ch' as in 'char' -  'j' as in 'jar',  'l' as in 'lap' ,  'r' as in 'run', 'w' as in 'will'
Vowels: . 'ah' as in 'ai' as in 'buy'  'father' ,  aa' as in 'bat' ,  eh' as in 'bed', 'ih' as in 'sit' , 'ee' as in 'she' ,  'oo' as in 'boo' , 'ur' as in 'her' ,  'aw' as in 'law' ,  'uh' as in 'pull' , 'uh' as in 'butter'.  'uh' as in 'supply' , 'ow' as in 'now', 'oh' as in 'no' , 'oy' as in 'toy' ,  'ay' as in 'say' , 'ew' as in 'few'

Stress and Intonation Videos 

• Word Stress: Reduced vs. Unstressed
• Word Stress: Function Words
• Word Stress: Content Words
• Listening Comprehension: Word Stress in 2-Syllable Words
• Intro to Word Stress in American English
• Jennifer ESL - Stress - 9a  9b  9c
• Jennifer ESL - Intonation - 10a 10b 10c 10d 

Minimal Pairs

Minimal Pairs

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Rachel's Videos:  The L Sound  The R Sound  The W Sound  Listen & Repeat Exercises
U of Iowa's Sounds of American English

	A	B	C
1	lice	rice
2	late	rate	wait
3	low	row	woe
4	law	raw
5	lay	ray	way
6	late	rate	wait
7	lane	rain	wain
8	led	red	wed
9	lie	rye	why
10	leek	reek	week

	A	B
1	clue	crew
2	blue	brew
3	glass	grass
4	flee	free
5	blow	bro
6	clock	crock
7	blouse	browse
8	bled	bread
9	Blake	break
10	claw	craw

	A	B
1	belly	berry
2	mole	more
3	hail	hair
4	heel	hear
5	fool	four
6	file	fire
7	deal	dear
8	meal	mere
9	rebuttal	rebutter
10	cuddle	cutter

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Rachel's Videos:  The b and p sounds  *  The f and v sounds
U of Iowa's Sounds of American English

	A	B
1	big	pig
2	bet	pet
3	bad	pad
4	mob	mop
5	cab	cap
6	rib	rip
7	symbol	simple
8	rabid	rapid
9	stable	staple
10	nabbed	napped

	A	B
1	fine	vine
2	fiddle	vittle
3	flog	vlog
4	leaf	leave
5	safe	save
6	huffer	hover
7	proof	prove
8	half	have

	A	B
1	bat	fat
2	boat	vote
3	pile	file
4	cab	calf
5	pry	fry
6	sappy	savvy
7	cub	cuff
8	cape	cave

	A	B	C	D
1	bee	pee	fee	vee
2	berry	perry	ferry	very
3	buy	pie	fie	vie
4	bile	pile	file	vile
5	bail	pale	fail	veil
6	bay	pay	fay	vay
	bane	pain	feign	vane
8	best	pest	fest	vest

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Rachels Videos:  's' as in 'sip' ,  'z' as in 'zip' , 'sh' as in 'ship'  ,  'j' as in 'jar'  ,  'ch' as in 'char'  ,  'dj' as in 'measure'
Sounds of American English

	A	B	C	D	E
1	Sue	zoo	shoe	chew	Jew
2	cass	Kaz	cash	catch
3	sear	zir	sheer	cheer	Jeer
4	sane	zane	Shane	Chain	Jane
5	lease	Lee's	leash	leech
6	sip	zip	ship	chip	gyp
7	seep		sheep	cheap	jeep
8	leased		leashed	leeched

	A	B
1	major	measure
2	pressure	pleasure
3	Confucian	confusion
4	ledger	leisure
5		conclusion
6		division
7		exposure
8		explosion
9		supervision
10		treasure

There was a huge explosion by the shore.
This sure is a confusing conclusion.

	A	B
1	ditched	dished
2	matched	mashed
3	hatched	hashed
4	hitched	hissed
5	watched	washed

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Rachel Videos:  The ih as in site Sound  * The ee as in She Sound * oh as in No sound * aw as in Law Sound  *  EE vs ih: Tense vs. Lax

	A	B
1	seat	sit
2	peak	pick
3	eel	ill
4	leave	live
5	meal	mill
6	peel	pill
7	reach	rich
8	teen	tin
9	seek	sick
10	deep	dip
11	liter	litter
12	beaker	bicker

	A	B
1	boat	bought
2	low	law
3	hole	hall
4	close	clause
5	bowl	ball
6	most	must
7	won't	want
8	goat	got
9	shown	Shawn
10	oaf	off
11	coast	cost
12	woke	walk

Rachel's Video: Vowel Length Affected by Ending Consonant

	A	B
1	bell	belt
2	car	cart
3	fell	felt
4	her	hurt
5	tore	torn
6	knees	needs
7	mill	milk
8	can	can't
9	ben	bent
10	Hun	hunt

I think we (can/can't) do it today.

	A	B
1	need	neat
2	rag	rack
3	hid	hit
4	mud	mutt
5	save	safe
6	ride	write
7	bud	but
8	bag	back

Rachel's Videos: 'eh' as in 'bed'   'aa' as in 'bat'   'aw' as in 'law'    'oy' as in 'toy'.'uh' as in 'butter'  'ah' as in 'father'
Sounds of American English

	A	B
1	and	end
2	bland	blend
3	ham	hem
4	tamper	temper
5	land	lend
6	gassed	guest
7	pan	pen
8	spanned	spend
9	band	bend
10	tamp	temp

	A	B
1	bat	bet
2	had	head
3	paddle	pedal
4	shall	shell
5	gnat	net
6	mat	met
7	pack	peck
8	mash	mesh
9	rack	wreck
10	past	pest

	A	B
1	color	collar
2	nut	not
3	stuck	stock
4	luck	lock
5	come	calm
6	fund	fond
7	bum	bomb
8	wonder	wander

	A	B
1	beg	bug
2	ben	bun
3	dell	dull
4	messed	must
5	guess	Gus
6	jest	just
7	net	nut
8	better	butter

	A	B
1	all	oil
2	jaw	joy
3	paw	poi
4	brawl	broil
5	toe	toy
6	cone	coin
7	old	oiled
8	toll	toil

More Minimal Pairs
 http://streaming.ohio.edu/cas/lingCALL/vowel.htm
http://www.fuhriman.us/la.esl/minimal-pairs.html (no audio)

Food Resource & Discussion Questions

Korean Food Handout

Korean Food Reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Korean_dishes
http://www.trifood.com/food.asp
http://www.maangchi.com/ingredients  http://www.maangchi.com/recipes/


Common Cooking Terms
http://www.kissrecipes.com/tips/cooking_terms.htm

Foreign Food in Busan
Koreabridge Megaguide
Busan Haps Food Section

Discussion Questions

Do you like to cook?  Are you a good cook?  Who is the best cook you know?
What are your favorite foods to cook/eat at home?

What are your favorite foods to eat at a restaurant?  

What are your favorite restaurants?

What foods to you really dislike/never eat?

How often do you eat/drink _____?  (crab, pizza, BBQ, soju, etc.)

Do you ever skip breakfast? If so, how often and why?

Do you know any picky eaters?  Are you one?

How often do you get an upset stomach?  Which foods cause you problems?

What are some of your guilty pleasures? Do you have a sweet tooth?

Where do you do most of your food shopping? Which foods do you splurge on?

What were your favorite foods as a child?

What are your favorite food memories (from your childhood, high school days)?

What kinds of non-Korean foods do you enjoy? Do you like (Mexican, Italian, Indian, etc.) food?

Are you an adventurous eater?  Do you like to try new foods?

What is the strangest thing you have ever eaten?

Which Korean foods do you think non-Koreans like the most?

What is your favorite dessert? What food are you craving right now?

What kind of comfort food do like to eat when you are upset or angry?

Do you have any food allergies?

What kinds of diets have you tried (if any)?

Do you know someone who struggles with an eating disorder?

Week#2 - The Power of Reading

Throughout this semester, I encourage you to read as much enjoyable material as possible. Please document your reading on your Reading Record ( Eng220-05 Eng220-08).
List (and link to if possible) what you have read, add brief comments, and post any words or phrases that you learned. I suggest looking up words you don’t know after you’ve finished reading. While this is not a required assignment, it will be considered when calculating grades at the end of the semester. More importantly, I hope this will be a helpful habit for you to develop on your lifelong journey of language learning. Go Bookworms Go!

Assignment: Bring at least 30 minutes of enjoyable reading material for next week's class (ENG220-05: Monday, ENG220-08: Tuesday).  This can be a book from the library, or something you printed out (or brought on your mobile device) from the sources below.

You can find hundreds of leveled readers (books for extensive reading) right by the entrance of the BUFS Library.

Please tell me about your English (or other foreign language) reading habits by posting a comment below. (due Sept. 15)

• What kind of reading do you do (in L1, L2, and/or L3)? 
• Where do you get most of your reading material?
• What kind of materials (books, magazines, online articles, blogs) and topics (literature, fashion, sports, entertainment, etc.) do you find most interesting and/or useful?
• What are the biggest obstacles you face to developing an active reading habit (e.g. laziness, cost, finding appropriate level material) 

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Online Sources of Reading Material

News

• Korea: Times   Herald    Chosun   Yonhap   AsianCorrespondent
• Huffington Post
• The Daily Beast
• Google News
• ESPN Sports

Entertainment

• People Magazine
• TMZ
• Seventeen Magazine
• AllKpop
• Soompi
• 
  

Literature

• The Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
• Archive.org Ebooks
• ReadPrint.com
• Great Books
• BBC Schools (for ages 4-11, ages 11-16, and ages 16+)
• Online Library of Literature
• The Literature Network
• Open Directory: Literature

Blogs & Discussions about Life in Korea

• http://koreabridge.net/blogs
• http://www.koreablogs.net
• http://www.rok-on.net/korean-blog-list/
  http://www.waygook.org/index.php?action=forum

Speeches

• Ted Talks (click Show Transcript)
• American Rhetoric - Top 100,  A-F, G-L, M-R, S-Z, Movie Speeches

Assorted

• Simple Wikipedia
• The Bible in Simple English

Amazon Free Downloads  http://www.amazon.com/

Search Amazon’s kindle store for terms you're interested in or a specific title or genre. Then sort by ‘Price: Low to High’. You will need to set up an Amazon account, but once you have done so, you can download the Kindle file (.azw) to your computer. You can then use a program like Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/) to view the book or convert it to a pdf or other mobile formats.  You can also convert the tile to simple text, if you’d like to use that for presentation materials. 


Reading Resources  from Jeff's Presentation
of note...

TOOLS
Google Translate http://translate.google.com

Speakit: Chrome Extension
 https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speakit/pgeolalilifpodheeocdmbhehgnkkbak?hl=en


Google Dictionary

These can be useful for quickly checking the meaning and pronunciation of words online.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-dictionary-by-goog/mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja?hl=en

ONLINE SOURCES of Reading Materials

• Story Online   Storylineonline.net
• StoryBird    Storybird.com Seven Ways to Survive School Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss. 
• Batoto  http://www.batoto.net Dr. Frost   Comic    Discussion International comics translated into different languages (mostly English)
• Soompi   http://www.soompi.com/ Master’s Sun Recap   Goo Hye Sun Discussion Kpop celebrity news and very active discussion forums

Week#1 - Course Overview & Getting Acquainted

To Do

• Get a Gmail address if you don't already have one.
• Complete the ENG220 Entrance Questionnaire  (Due Sept. 8)
• Homework: Bring five photos (printed or on a smartphone/pad) of things that are important to you.  Due Week#2 two-hour class. 

Presentation