Pronunciation Goes 2.0

I've been looking this calendar week at Forvo, which is a variety of spider web 2.0 pronunciation site. The site allows users to request, together with add together sound clips of the pronunciation of dissimilar words from a huge range of languages, therefore if you lot desire to know how a give-and-take is pronounced you lot tin give the axe either create a quick slow search for the give-and-take together with and therefore psyche to it, or if the give-and-take isn't already inside the database, you lot tin give the axe add together it together with asking a pronunciation.

The site also categorises words into lexical areas such every bit brands, acronyms, sports etc which is really handy

You tin give the axe too live on helpful together with add together the pronunciation to words which accept been requested inwards your language.

The site offering gratis registration, precisely you lot tin give the axe discovery words, asking words together with pronounce words without registering. The create goodness of registration is that you'll live on notified when individual pronounces your give-and-take for you.

What I similar nearly it

• It's a peachy visit together with it's free
• Very slow to locomote interface
• Lots of dissimilar languages
• Sound clips charge speedily together with a reasonably adept quality
• Registration isn't required
• Potentially a huge together with growing resource

What I'm non therefore certain about

• Like most things on the web, specially Web 2.0, you lot can't live on certain of the character or authenticity of what you lot are getting, therefore if you lot are using this alongside students cheque out the words they are subsequently together with build certain the character of the pronunciation is adept (My litmus exam was 'aluminium' together with it experience somewhere betwixt the U.K. together with the United States versions)
• Watch out for students who desire to pronounce the (four letter) words that they shouldn't live on using (though in all likelihood improve for them to pronounce them good than badly)
• It would live on actually prissy to accept regional variations of the pronunciation, precisely I gauge that's broadening out the sum of piece of job a flake far.
  

How to locomote this alongside students

• This is a prissy self access resources for students to cheque their pronunciation
• You could give students a listing of words together with teach them to discovery out how they are pronounced
• Get students to add together some words that they desire to live on able to pronounce
• Use the site to dictate words field students listen, together with therefore teach them to teach to the site together with cheque that they accept got the correct words
  

This is a actually prissy application of the Web 2.0 concept to pronunciation together with it volition live on actually interesting to run into how this site grows together with develops.

Hope you lot savor it together with tin give the axe teach your students involved.

Best

Nik