Rachel's English
S Consonant Clusters -- American English Pronunciation
If you're a native Spanish or Portuguese speaker, there's a good chance you start 's-cluster' words with a vowel instead of the S sound.
Curated Video
Online Shopping in English
This English language learning video covers the online world of shopping and doing business online. It introduces the use of "Which?" and "Which one?," as well as simple words and expressions.
Extra English Practice
Pronouncing the Short O and U Sounds
Pronunciation lesson comparing and contrasting the short O and U sounds (the "olive" and "mustard" sounds). Watch Misha and Larissa play a memory game with vocabulary words including these two sounds.
Curated Video
Communicating Feedback in English
This English language learning video explains how to give and receive feedback and talk about what has happened using the present perfect tense.
Rock 'N Learn
Letter Sounds - Phonics for Beginners
Kids get excited about learning to read with energetic music, zany characters, and fun activities.
Oxford Online English
Intonation in English - English Pronunciation Lesson
In this lesson, you can learn about intonation in English. How important is intonation? Let’s see. Look at a sentence: Do you need some help? By changing the intonation of this question, you can sound polite, annoyed, sarcastic,...
Britlish
Bubble Idioms (subtitles)
Idioms are an important part of the English language, and this video looks at British English idioms associated with bubbles. There are subtitles on screen and the narrator narrates with clear standard British accent. Carefully selected...
Cerebellum
French: ABC's And Pronunciation
From Qu’est que c’est to Enchanté! Pronunciation and the Alphabet. This is part 1 in the series: 'French Fundamentals: Abc's And Pronunciation'
Extra English Practice
Pronouncing /l/ and /r/
English pronunciation lesson contrasting the sounds /l/ and /r/. Explanation. Tongue twister.
Curated Video
Making Meeting Suggestions in English
This English language learning video aims to help people confidently make suggestions about where and when to meet, and to give simple directions. It also covers basic grammar, useful everyday expressions and new vocabulary.
Curated Video
Meet the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion-turned-pronouncer
You can watch the Scripps National spelling bee semi-finals Wednesday at 8 pm ET on the ION channel. Tune into ION for the live finals of the bee Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. (Scripps News)
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60th Annual Tony Awards
Ian McDiarmid, winner of Best Featured Actor in a Play for 'Faith Healer' on the pronunciation of his last name at the 60th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York on June 11, 2006. (Footage by WireImage...
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London Film Festival - The Brothers Bloom
INTERVIEW B ROLL: Robbie Coltrane on the pronunciation of Belgrade at the London Film Festival - The Brothers Bloom at London . (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Interview: PSY discusses pronunciation of Gangnam
Interview: PSY discusses pronunciation of Gangnam on September 16, 2012 in New York, New York (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
English language expert Professor Hamilton J. Smith gives the correct pronunciation of "quintuplets"
MCU Professor Hamilton J Smith, an expert on the English language, SOT gives what he says is the correct pronunciation of "quintuplets," spelling out the word and then pronouncing the second u like a long u as in "you" / Note: exact day...
Curated Video
Celebrity tutors making big money from extracurricular lessons
"Celebrity" tutors are popular in Hong Kong.
There's big money to be made offering extracurricular lessons to parents desperately seeking an edge for their children preparing for the city's intense public entrance exam for university....
Curated Video
The Islamic Society of North America organized the National Qira'at Competition during its 46th Annual Convention in Washington, DC. Participants had to be 16 years old or younger with cash prizes going to the top three contestants
HEADLINE: First person: Kids recite Quran in competition
CAPTION: The Islamic Society of North America organized the National Qira'at Competition during its 46th Annual Convention in Washington, DC. Participants had to be 16 years old...
Bloomberg
Mubadala CEO’s Journey to Top Tier of International Investment Community
Jun.27 -- Mubadala Development Co. Chief Executive Officer Khaldoon Al Mubarak talks about going to college in the U.S. and returning to Abu Dhabi to a life in the oil industry and then the investment world. He spoke on the latest...
Curated OER
The Arabic Alphabet - Chart
An interactive Arabic alphabet? Awesome! Language learners can click on any letter to watch a video that shows how to write and pronounce that particular character. Use the menu along the left side to view additional videos for...
George Mason University
George Mason University: Speech and Accent Archive
Listen to hundreds of examples of native and nonnative English speakers reading a paragraph that encompasses, in a few sentences, a wide range of sounds made in English.
BBC
Bbc World Service: Learning English Pronunciation Tips
This section of the BBC Learning English site focuses on pronunciation. There are five lessons on confusing vowel sounds, and a phonemic chart that allows the user to hear pronunciations of all 44 sounds used in English.