This list of websites may provide valuable outside practice for you. Keep in mind that many of them will have sound files; therefore, you should be using a computer that has this capability (watch the volume if you’re in a public lab!!). The good thing about these sites is that they never get tired; you can play them again and again and again!

http://www.manythings.org/pp/
American English Pronunciation Practice: this site has excellent minimal pair “quizzes” (e.g. “hot” vs. “hat”; “lake” vs. “rake”).

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/links/ESL/Pronunciation/
The Internet ESL: Pronunciation: this site is actually a list of many others that include tongue twisters, contracted/reduced forms, etc. Many require programs that need to be downloaded (Shockwave, Flash, etc.)

http://www.englishclub.net/pronunciation/index.htm
English Club Pronunciation: this site contains written information about word/sentence stress, final –ed, etc. Some of the links require use of commercial CD-Roms.

http://www.lehigh.edu/~incent/esl/pronounce.htm
Pronunciation Tips for ESL: general tips about pronunciation, the famous poem about the craziness of English spelling/sounds.

http://www.accurateenglish.com/HTML/tips.htm
Ten Tips for Accent Reduction: short list of tips for students (rest of the site is commercial)

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/
Sounds of English: Interesting Links for English Pronunciation and ESL/EFL: good site for graphic representations of the mouth and minimal pair exercises with vowels.

http://www.eslpartyland.com/linkspages/pronunciationlinks.htm
Karin's ESL PartyLand Pronunciation Links: this site contains some of the links from this list and a few other goodies (pronunciation for Korean speakers, diphthong exercises, etc.)

http://www.stuff.co.uk/animation/gbshawrm.htm
A short little poem by George Bernard Shaw for listening and pronunciation practice.

http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa053101a.htm
A good link for sample dialogues and scripts.

http://dictionary.msn.com/
This dictionary link includes audio pronunciation of the word you are looking for. The students enjoy typing in words just to hear the speaker’s pronunciation.

http://www.faceweb.okanagan.bc.ca/pron/
This is a fun link with consonant sounds and tongue twisters. It also describes how and where you place your tongue in order to produce the sound. This site requires “shockwave” plug-in from macromedia.

http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/
American English Pronunciation (uses Real Player for minimal pairs).

http://www.spokenamericanenglish.com/
American English As It's Spoken: Contractions and shortcuts used in daily speech


http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/phono.html
English Language Learning Courses, Resources, Phonology & Teacher Training: this site provides common pronunciation errors in English for speakers of other languages.