Psst...

Do you want to get language learning tips and resources every week or two? Join our mailing list to receive new ways to improve your language learning in your inbox!

Join the list

English Audio Request

Nina777
English / Improve your pronunciation - Vowel sounds Part 1
by Nina777 on Sept. 18, 2016
312 Words / 2 Recordings / 5 Comments
Listen Record
Note to recorder:

American English or British English accents welcome ;-)
These words are to be pronounced for ESL students.
Thanks in advance !

IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION – VOWEL SOUNDS Part 1
Minimal pairs = [ i: ] vs [ I ]

Elementary
bin - bean /chip - cheap / his - he’s / it - eat / sit – seat.

Pre-Intermediate
did - deed / fill - feel / fit - feet / grin - green / hit - heat / is - ease / mitt - meet / slip - sleep / still - steal.

Intermediate
bit - beat / *bitch - beach / itch - each / gin - gene / grid - greed / hid - heed / hill - he’ll / ill - eel / kip - keep / knit - neat / lick - leak / lip - leap / mill - meal / pick - peek /*piss - piece / pitch -peach / risen - reason /*shit - sheet / sick - seek / sin - scene / sin - seen / still - steel / tin - teen.

Upper-Intermediate
bid - bead / *bitch - beech / biz - bees / chick - cheek / chit - cheat / cist - ceased / dip - deep / fist - feast / fizz - fees / hip -heap / kid - keyed / pill - peel /pip - peep /*piss - peace / sill -seal / sim - seem / skid - skied / skim - scheme / till - teal /tizz - teas.

Advanced
bib - beeb / blip bleep / britches - breeches / crick - creek / din - dean / finned - fiend / flit - fleet / gip - jeep / grist - greased / pit - peat / sim - seam / sip - seep / shin - sheen / skit - skeet / slick - sleek / slit - sleet / tick - teak / tit - teat / tizz – tease.

Recordings

  • Improve your pronunciation - Vowel sounds Part 1 ( recorded by vankrot ), British

    Download Unlock
    Corrected Text
    more↓

    IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION – VOWEL SOUNDS Part 1
    Minimal pairs = [ i: ] vs [ I ]

    Elementary
    bin - bean /chip - cheap / his - he’s / it - eat / sit – seat.

    Pre-Intermediate
    did - deed / fill - feel / fit - feet / grin - green / hit - heat / is - ease / mitt - meet / slip - sleep / still - steal.

    Intermediate
    bit - beat / *bitch - beach / itch - each / gin - gene / grid - greed / hid - heed / hill - he’ll / ill - eel / kip - keep / knit - neat / lick - leak / lip - leap / mill - meal / pick - peek /*piss - piece / pitch -peach / risen - reason /*shit - sheet / sick - seek / sin - scene / sin - seen / still - steel / tin - teen.

    Upper-Intermediate
    bid - bead / *bitch - beech / biz - bees / chick - cheek / chit - cheat / cist - ceased / dip - deep / fist - feast / fizz - fees / hip -heap / kid - keyed / pill - peel /pip - peep /*piss - peace / sill -seal / sim - seem / skid - skied / skim - scheme / till - teal /tizz - teas.

    Advanced
    bib - beeb / blip bleep / britches - breeches / crick - creek / din - dean / finned - fiend / flit - fleet / gip - jeep / grist - greased / pit - peat / sim - seam / sip - seep / shin - sheen / skit - skeet / slick - sleek / slit - sleet / tick - teak / tit - teat / tizz – tease.

  • Improve your pronunciation - Vowel sounds Part 1 ( recorded by kee ), Yorkshire, north of England

    Download Unlock
pronunciation words

Comments

Delly
Delly
Sept. 20, 2016

Nina, would you like a pause left between each pair so that students can repeat what they've heard?

Nina777
Nina777
Sept. 20, 2016

Hi Delli, If possible, yes, otherwise, I can use Audacity to do it.
I've posted many "files", I know it's a huge work...
By the way, I confirm you what I told you concerning "s" pronunciation in French names : you mustn't pronounce them ;-)
Take care ! Nina

kee
kee
Dec. 4, 2016

I didn't record Minimal pairs = [ i: ] vs [ I ], because I don't understand what it means. Hope the rest was at a correct speed...

Nina777
Nina777
Dec. 5, 2016

Hi Kee !
Thank you very much for the job you did :-)
You nailed it.
Actually, minimal pairs are words in which one sound in a syllable is very similar to another one in another word. And if you mispronounce it, it can be a huge mistake (e.g beach / bitch - sheet / shit :-) ). In French, we have only one /i/ sound, similar to the one appearing in sheet and beach. The other sound /I/ is similar to an "é" (bébé = for baby). My pupils have to distinct both not to be misunderstood.
Thanks a million again !

Nina777
Nina777
Dec. 5, 2016

Hi Kee !
Thank you very much for the job you did :-)
You nailed it.
Actually, minimal pairs are words in which one sound in a syllable is very similar to another one in another word. And if you mispronounce it, it can be a huge mistake (e.g beach / bitch - sheet / shit :-) ). In French, we have only one /i/ sound, similar to the one appearing in sheet and beach. The other sound /I/ is similar to an "é" (bébé = for baby). My pupils have to distinct both not to be misunderstood.
Thanks a million again !

Overview

You can use our built-in RhinoRecorder to record from within your browser, or you may also use the form to upload an audio file for this Audio Request.

Don't have audio recording software? We recommend Audacity. It's free and easy to use.

Sponsored Links