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| Sound Menu - 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 - 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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| Exercises - 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 - 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 - 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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