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English Pronunciation Tutor app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 6368 ratings )
Reference Education
Developer: Language Arts Press
Free
Current version: 3.4.3, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 30 Mar 2015
App size: 102.72 Mb

The (American) English Pronunciation Tutor features clear, engaging instruction and four types of interactive exercises to help you learn key aspects of English pronunciation:

• Pronunciation of vowel and consonant sounds
• Accuracy and awareness of grammatical endings
• Word-level stress
• Sentence-level stress and rhythm

It is a fun, easy-to-use mobile app for developing clear, confident speech. Try out the free version now!

Level: High beginner - Advanced

Detailed Description:

We are committed to creating the most enjoyable, interactive and effective pronunciation app on the market. We think we have succeeded.

For each of the 10 units, the Pronunciation Tutor guides you through an interactive introduction to the target pronunciation topic. You then complete a series of fun, active exercises that systematically improve your pronunciation, fluency and grammatical awareness.

In the “Practice” exercise, you will listen to a series of words and short sentences and then record yourself as you repeat them. You can then compare your pronunciation with the model. The super-intuitive exercise design makes this task easy, fun and incredibly effective.

In the “Contrasts” exercise, you will listen to and repeat pairs of words with similar sounds that are often trouble spots for many students. This “minimal pairs”-type exercise develops phonetic awareness needed for accurate pronunciation of vowel and consonant sounds.

In the “Listening Quiz” exercise, you are quizzed on the contrasts from the previous exercise. You hear a word or a sentence and then must identify which word/sentence you heard. Was it “feet” or “fit”? Was it “wait” or “wet”? This exercise gives you instant feedback on whether you can hear the sounds of American English accurately.

Finally, in the “Speech Recognition” exercise, you can test your progress in real pronunciation by choosing and saying a word from the “word wheel.” If the word is recognized correctly, you will know you have achieved clarity and comprehensibility! If not, you can adjust your pronunciation and try again. This exercise will push you to make the necessary changes to improve your articulation and clarity.

EASY, BEAUTIFUL and FUN! We have put tremendous effort into the design and intuitiveness of this app. It is an amazingly complete yet easy to follow program. It is fun, motivational and effective. Try the app (for free!) and see for yourself!

Unit List:

Unit 1: The Front Vowels
Unit 2: The Central Vowels
Unit 3: The Back Vowels
Unit 4: Combination Vowels
Unit 5: The Schwa
Unit 6: Consonants: “Stops”
Unit 7: Consonants: “Continuants”
Unit 8: Grammatical Endings
Unit 9: Word Stress
Unit 10: Sentence Stress

Latest reviews of English Pronunciation Tutor app for iPhone and iPad

Having your own personal pronunciation tutor!
This app is fun, comprehensive, well organized, and solid in its presentation of the various sounds in American English. The illustrations are crystal clear and very helpful, as are the explanations. There are contrasting sounds and opportunities for the students to record and compare their pronunciation to the model. Great for individual and group practice. Excellent for teacher reference. There are numerous pronunciation apps out there, but you can count on this one to be 100% accurate. Based on solid linguistic knowledge.
Fun, Clear, Comprehensive App!
All four core exercises are intuitive and effective. The culminating "Speech Recognition" exercise is especially motivational and helpful. The app covers all the bases - vowel and consonant sounds, grammatical endings and word and sentence stress - for a very reasonable $5.99. Its a great app for self-study or classroom use. Kudos to the developer Language Arts Press. I look forward to seeing what they do next. I have a masters degree in TESOL and am in the classroom full time, so when I discover new, quality products, its exciting!
Great app!
Very colorful and interactive. Easy to use. Extremely helpful for improving my speech accuracy and rhythm. I recommend it!
Fantastic tool for improving pronunciation!
The tutorials are intuitively laid out and provide a ton of great vocal and visual examples that other English-learning tools Ive looked at dont really provide. This app is worth every penny!
App keeps crashing
I wanted to like this app but it just keeps crashing :(
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