lunes, 29 de agosto de 2011

Vowel pronunciation games: /ʌ/ vs /ɑ:/ and /ɪ/ vs /i:/

A few months ago A Clil to Climb published some interactive pronunciation games. We have published on this blog some of them, but not all. On today's post you can have two pronunciation games that mainly deal with the recognition of phonemic script.

The first one is about the difference between /ʌ/ and /ɑ:/. The game is a bit more difficult that it seems at first. For that reason it is only suitable for intermediate students.

First of all, you must bear in mind that for technical reasons the sound /ʌ/ is represented /A/ on this game. On the top right-hand corner of the game screen you will see a word in phonemic script /bAz/ (= /bʌz/) in the image below. Click on the picture on the poster on the word whose pronunciation matches that of /bAz/. Answer: Buzz Lightyear, the famous character of Toys.

To begin playing, you must click on start.


The second game is about the difference between /ɪ/ and /i:/. This game is less demanding than the game before, although the mechanics is fairly similar. This time an English word is shown in the top right-hand corner of the game. We must click on the correct phonetic transcription of that word.

To begin playing, you must click on start.