Pronunciation Power 2 from English Computerized Learning
The Ultimate Pronunciation CD ROM!
Pronunciation Power 2 is interactive and user-friendly. It is designed for intermediate to advanced English learners of all ages and contains hundreds of hours of instruction and practice.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Learn the 52 sounds necessary to speak clear English
- Compare your voice to the instructor's voice using the waveform technology
- See how sounds are made by way of a moving animated side view of the mouth and tongue and/or a front view video of the instructor's mouth
- Test your listening ability with 650 different sentence exercises
- Practice your pronunciation through the interactive and exciting exercises including: 780 sample words, 1040 comparative words, and 1040 different sentences
- Includes an extensive 40 page manual for the STAIR exercises; stress, timing, articulation, intonation, rhythm
- Buy Pronunciation Power 2 and improve your English pronunciation immediately!
FEATURES
Sound Menu - mastering just 52 sounds will allow you to speak English with confidence.
- Hear each of these 52 sounds clearly pronounced by our professional instructors.
- Choose one of the 52 sounds and begin practicing your English pronunciation with the various lessons and exercises.
Speech Analysis - each spoken English sound has a unique computerized pattern.
Listen to the instructor pronounce the sound; then view the instructor's waveform.
Using your computer microphone record your own pronunciation of that sound.
Compare the sound and waveform of your voice to that of the instructor.
Lessons - Front and Side View - see how each of the 52 sounds is formed.
- View the animated lesson. Listen to the sound.
- See how the sound is made through detailed front and side views of the human mouth.
- Side View: Observe the movement of an animated face - see the tongue and mouth movement for the sound. Try it in slow motion.
- Front View: Observe the movement of the instructor's mouth - see the lips form the sound.
Exercises - practice with a variety of interesting, exciting and effective exercises.
- Choose from one of the five exercise sets to help you practice your pronunciation. As you master the lessons you are mastering spoken English.
Sample Words - practice a variety of words.
- 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.
- Listen to the instructor pronounce the sample words.
- 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.
Comparative Words - practice words that sound similar but are different.
- Practice 1040 challenging word pairs.
- Listen to the instructor say the two words.
- Record your voice while you say the words.
- Compare your voice to the voice of the instructor. You can save your recording at any time to track your improvement.
Listening Discrimination Exercises - improve your English listening skills.
- Advance your listening ability with 650 different listening exercises.
- Listen to a sentence read by the instructor.
- Choose the correct word used by the instructor in the spoken sentence.
- Pronunciation Power indicates if you were successful in identifying the correct word.
Practice Sentence Exercises
- 10 practice sentences are provided for each of the 52 sounds.
- Listen to the instructor read the sentence.
- Record your voice while you read the sentence.
- 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.
S.T.A.I.R. Exercises
- 10 practice sentences are provided for each of the 52 sounds.
- 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.
- Record your voice while you read the sentence following the highlights.
- Listen to your recording. See if your recording matches the moving highlights. Compare your recording to that of the instructor.
S.T.A.I.R. Manual
- 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.
Pronunciation Power 2 - Gain confidence in your English speaking through our advanced technology!
Includes an extensive 40 page manual.
Pronunciation Power 2 from English Computerized Learning
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