Web Resource and Tools for Teaching Speaking

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< Tools for Speaking>
1. Sound/Sound Pattern

• talking dictionary Howjsay http://www.howjsay.com/ Word pronunciation
• English Pronunciation (By New Okanagan college) http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/ consonant vowel syllable, minimal pairs, interactive exercise
• American English Pronunciation (By Manythings.org) http://www.manythings.org/pp/
• Tongue Twister 1 (alphabetically sorted) | 2 (for Kids British council, videos) | 3 (EFL Playhouse, alphabetically sorted)

2. Role Play/Drill/Sentence Level

• Voki http://www.voki.com
• Alicebot http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=f5d922d97e345aa1
• Practice Speaking with Mike (Talkingbot) http://www.eslfast.com/robot/tutor_mike.htm
• Text-to-Speech from Oddcast http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php
• Go animate http://goanimate.com/

3. Discussion/conferencing

• Online talk group -http://www.voxopop.com/
• Voice Thread http://voicethread.com/
• Google Voice http://www.google.com/chat/voice/