Hello!
Welcome to our Phonetics Class Blog, a space where I would like to give you the opportunity to find useful material to learn about English Phonetics and improve your pronunciation.
Let me tell you a short story about how I started teaching Phonetics. Some years ago, I was asked to teach my first phonetics course, I was thrilled to share with my students a subject that I thought was going to be fun and easy. Unfortunately, I was totally wrong. My students that quarter struggled a lot to master the main phonetic concepts, there were times when I sensed that they could not understand what I was talking about. I felt even worse when most of my students failed their first mid-term. I have to be honest, I felt like a complete failure as a teacher. How was that possible? I tried really hard to teach them the best I could. I really couldn’t believe it.
One day, I decided to make some changes, used different strategies that might help them to learn phonetics and enjoy the learning process. I spent a lot of time online trying to find things that have proven to be successful with other teachers, or things that even though were not closely related to phonetics may be useful. Thank God, my new approach was a success!!! My students began learning the concepts, and even enjoyed the subject. I felt so proud of them, and I felt relieved.
Right now, I am teaching Phonetics again, and I would like to have an online space where my you can come and practice, even from home. I hope that you find the experience relevant and useful for the improvement of your English language skills.
Bye for now,
Miss Ramos
Hi teacher, in our first class the game become a useful and interactive practice tool. I hope this quater going well for everyone. :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Teacher Eva, the last class we can practic identifying the parts of the organs of speech with the professor Emilio. He give us a reading for next class, I think that its for practic the pronuntiation of the words... I hope you come back soon, we miss you...
ReplyDeletehello!Teacher Eva, we practiced where sounds are produced and we play a game the different lessons studied. by Isabella
ReplyDeleteI think that phonetic symbols are important because I can learn the correct pronunciation of words. The last class the professor gave me some pages about the new quarter and practice about the organs speech.
ReplyDeleteFor my phonetics is the stdy of the different sounds in the english language they are accompanied by different symbols for better learning.
ReplyDeleteHi. The class on Saturday 6th, was funny. I realized that I did not remember all organs of speech, but with your practice I could remember them.
ReplyDeleteHi. I will tell you what did last Saturday (September 20th). We watched some videos about fronts vowels, we did online practices with this vowels. In the videos we watched the differences about lips' position when we do the differents vowels. It was interesting and funny.
ReplyDeleteI liked the class of this Saturday. I love the color method tp compare the sounds. I'm going to practice a lot because It's really cost for me.
ReplyDeletewell. I feel the phonetics is difficult but I like it, in this quarer I hope to improve my pronunciation so that i am able to speak clearly in the future. i want to learn a lot.so i would like to talk in english with my friends but sometime they answered me in spanish.
ReplyDeletethe last class it was very interactive like hear some song ,identify and locate the symbols
ReplyDeleteThe classes are very interesting because we learn new sounds.
ReplyDeletewell, the last class, I liked it because was very dinamic using sounds and symbols. it a little difficult for me.
ReplyDeleteLast Class I enjoy a lot with the front vowels. Is interesting that in many dictionaries and Internet there are a lot of different transcription to the same word but I have learned that I have to use the most trusting tool: dictionary. I've to study a lot cuz I want a great +A for my next test. Kisses - Sara.
ReplyDeletepd: I'm at work so I can't Enter with my user. sorry.
I liked it because was very dinamic,and so interesting because we learn new sounds
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