FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Give listening a specific focus.
A short sound contrast can make an abstract pronunciation explanation easier to hear. Use these activities as a listening warm-up or a focused follow-up to a lesson.
A simple lesson sequence
- Introduce the contrast. Explain which sound feature matters and which dialect is being practiced. Keep spelling out of the first listening attempt.
- Listen before answering. Students hear references A and B, then a different word X. They decide which reference shares X’s target sound, with text hidden by default.
- Compare and revisit. Replay the references and X. Reveal words and meanings afterward if useful. Return later with unfamiliar words and voices to check whether the distinction transfers.
Repeated-item practice accuracy is not a proficiency assessment.
Choose your language
EnglishGeneral American →FrenchMetropolitan French →GermanStandard German as spoken in Germany →SpanishMexican Spanish; starter contrasts also occur widely elsewhere →ItalianStandard Italian →Mandarin ChineseStandard Mandarin (Putonghua), isolated citation tones →PortugueseBrazilian Portuguese →RussianContemporary Standard Russian →
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