1. By Claudia Contreras-Peters
Materials Review:
Sounds of English Website
By Claudia Contreras-Peters

2. Intended Audience ESL teachers and students University settings
all language groups
Low intermediate to advanced

3. Philosophy Communicative Approach Listen and imitate Phonetic training
Minimal pair drills

4. philosophy Morley’s Multidimensional curriculum design: Micro level
Segmentals
Suprasegmentals*

5. Resources Links handouts from presentations*
English pronunciation pages
Activities and exercises
Tips for teachers
listening exercises with printable worksheets and teacher guides.

6. Exercises and activities
word endings
Printable pronunciation resources
Authentic listening activities (+ worksheets)
Link to Holly's Corner (word Stress)
Centers

7. Exercises and activities
Specific sounds in English.
English word stress.
English sentence stress and intonation (not a link)
Ideas: Poetry, Drama, Bingo, Contrastive stress, Scavenger Hunts

8. Possible Uses
Supplemental
Homework
In-class activities
Extra practice

9. Evaluation Good supplemental resource Ready to use materials
Availability
Audio/visual
Great links

10. Evaluation One time use More suprasegmental activities needed
Activities at the macro level needed

11. Link to Site

12. References
Celce-Murcia, M., Brinton, D. M., & Goodwin, J. M. (1996). Teaching Pronunciation: A reference for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. New York: Cambridge University Press
Morley, J. (1994). A multidimensional curriculum design for speech-pronunciation instruction. In J. Morley (Ed.), Pronunciation Pedagogy and Theory (pp ). Alexandria, VA: TESOL, Inc
Widmayer, S. & Gray, H. (2008, April 8). Sounds of English. Retrieved April 7, 2008, from