Rachel’s
English is a website comprising a series of video recordings presenting
pronunciation of American English sounds. It is appropriate for everyone who
likes to improve American English pronunciation. Through the video recordings
giving credible, detailed explanation by a native speaker of American English,
TESOL teachers, especially non-native English teachers, can learn not just how
each sound is created but also how to explain the sound production to their
students. The website is well-designed, so it is easy for the web users to
navigate through all sections of the website. There are a series of videos
thoroughly explaining the place of articulation of each sound. In such video
recordings, as a presenter is pronouncing a particular sound, there are the
drawings of the articulatory organs on the presenter’s face to illustrate the
anatomy of the mouth together with a description of how the sound is produced
and the movement of the articulatory organs. It is highly helpful for teachers
to use these videos in teaching their students the place of articulation. The
videos teach how to pronounce individual sounds, covering consonants, vowels
and diphthongs, accompanied by example words and stressing of the words. A
video text or transcript of a video is provided under the selected video.
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