>Real American/Frankly Speaking (eBook+Audiobook)

>Title: Real American/Frankly Speaking
Author(s): МОСКВА
Publisher: Repetitor Multimedia
Date: 2004
Pages: 154/174
Size: 416 Kb/854 Kb/224 Mb
Format: PDF/MP3
Quality: 44kHz/160kbps
Language: American English

Real American/Frankly Speaking is a series of training programs for the American conversational English. [+/-]

“REAL American” is aimed at developing speaking, improved understanding of the language listening and learning interpretation. There are two versions of eBooks. The original eBook is in English together with Rusian and the other is in English only which I’ve cut off the Runsian translation. Just in case you can add your own language in the blank areas. That is my purpose.

Real American/Frankly Speaking features topics related to many different aspects of life in the United States such as:
• family
• friends
• identity
• nature
• pets
• sports
• traditions
• holidays and weekdays
• music
• hobbies
• etc.

eBook (English only)
Real_American_Frankly_Speaking.rar
eBook (English and Rusian)
Real_American_Frankly_Speaking_RU.rar
Audio CDs (224 Mb)
American_Frankly_Speaking_CD.part1.rar
American_Frankly_Speaking_CD.part2.rar

>Hooked on Phonics – Learn to Read Deluxe (CD-ROM)

>Title: Hooked on Phonics – Learn to Read Deluxe
Level: ages 4 to 8
Publisher: Gateway Learning Corporation
Date: 2001
Size: 163 (313) Mb
Format: ISO
Language: American English

Designed for kids ages 4 to 8/grades K-2, Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read teaches kids the basic skills needed to become confident readers now and in the future, helping them learn: [+/-]

• Letter sounds
• Short vowels
• Sound combinations
• Simple endings
• Long vowels
• Challenging sound combinations
• How to read stories and books that use all the learned sounds and words
• Useful “helper words” found in most children’s books

The programs are all designed around a systematic three-step approach to learning that is simple and effective — introduce students to a new skill, give students fun activities to master that skill, and end each lesson with great success. More than 2 million families and thousands of schools have turned to Hooked on Phonics. We’re proud that parents have voted Hooked on Phonics the #1 trusted name in teaching kid’s to read.

Contents for the Learn to Read Deluxe include: 10 audio CDs to guide your child through the program, 1 interactive CD-ROM with 28 fun learning games (PC and MAC compatible), 18 sets of flash cards to teach sound combinations, 5 workbooks that include fun activities and 49 great stories, 50 engaging books to reinforce skills just learned and provide extra reading practice, 6 colorful progress posters with reward stickers.

Minimum system requirements
WINDOWS
• Windows 95, 98, 2000, or ME compatible
• Pentium Class 133 or faster
• 32 MB RAM
• 4x CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit sound card
• Mouse and keyboard
• 20 MB available hard drive space
• Display 640 x 480
• 16-bit depth graphics
• 600 MB on CD-ROM
• 2-MB video card

MACINTOSH
• MAC OS version 7.6 or higher
• 120 MHz PowerPC 603e or better
• 32 MB RAM
• 4x CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit sound card
• Mouse and keyboard
• 20 MB available hard-drive space
• Display 640 x 480
• 16-bit depth graphics (thousands of colors)
• 600 MB on CD-ROM
• 2 MB video card

Hooked_On_Phonics.part1.rar
Hooked_On_Phonics.part2.rar

>Pronounce it Perfectly in American English (eBook+Audio)

>Title: Pronounce it Perfectly in American English
Author(s): Jean Yates, M.A., Corporate Linguistics Trainer
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.
Date: Feb 1, 2005
Pages: 197
Size: 35 Mb + 259 Mb
Format: PDF + MP3 (24kbps/22kHz)
Language: American English

“Learn to Speak with an Authentic American Accent”
“Listen and Imitate the Sound Patterns of
Spoken American English”

Enhance your American pronunciation and accent. The goal of the course is to “perfect” your pronunciation to be understood the first time ,to be confident and be proud of the way you speak. [+/-]

ESL students, TOEFL and TOEIC test takers, and all others for whom English is a second language and who want to improve their pronunciation will find this book and compact disc combination especially instructive. The new second edition presents a significantly increased number of exercises, all of them providing practice in every sound that is specific to American-style English. Emphasis is on stress and intonation patterns in conversational English. Recognition of these patterns is essential to fluent speech and listening comprehension. Four compact discs replace the first edition’s audiocassettes, and have been increased by 50 minutes in playing time to a total of 5 hours and 20 minutes.

When mastering English, nothing is more important than learning to pronounce the words and phrases so that you’re understood. This CD-and-book program emphasizes speaking, sound discrimination, and standard intonation patterns in American-style English. ESL students, TOEFL and TOEIC test takers, and all others for whom English is a second language and who want to improve their pronunciation will find this book and compact disc combination especially valuable.

eBook (35 Mb)
Pronounce_it_Perfectly_in_American_English.rar
Audio CDs (259 Mb)
Pronounce_Perfect_AmE_English_CD1.rar
Pronounce_Perfect_AmE_English_CD2.rar
Pronounce_Perfect_AmE_English_CD3.rar
Pronounce_Perfect_AmE_English_CD4.rar

>Poems for Pronunciation

>Reading short poems is a really good way to develop your vocabulary and reading skills and even your pronunciation. Poems are also good because many are quite short so you can read them quite quickly.

Today’s activity will show you how to get a new poem each day from Every Day Poets and how you can get help with the pronunciation of the words and then record yourself saying the poems.

Task:

• The first thing you will need to do is to go to: http://www.everydaypoets.com/ This site publishes a new poem everyday. If you add your email address to the subscribe box you will then receive a new poem everyday in your email.

• When you receive your poem, or using the one on the website, try to read it out aloud. You can check the pronunciation of any new words by using http://www.howjsay.com/ just type in any word you are unsure of and you will hear someone saying the word.

• Once you are sure that you can read the poem and pronounce all the words, then go to: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Here you can download a small piece of software that you can use on your computer to record and listen to yourself.
• Once you have downloaded the software, simply open it, make sure you have microphone ready and then click the red ‘Record ‘ button and read your poem. As you read you will see a sound wave being created.

• Once you have recorded the poem press ‘Stop‘ and then listen to yourself by pressing the greeen ‘Play‘. If you are happy with the poem save it, if you want to try to record it again and make it better, click on the X to delete the file and record again.

• Be sure to save your recordings and come back and listen to them again a week or two later. As your pronunciation improves you might want to record them again. You can save the recordings by going to the File menu then clicking on ‘Export As WAV‘.

I hope you enjoy this activity and record a new poem everyday. Here you can find more Pronunciation Activities

Related links for teachers:

• Dictation goes Web 2.0
• Phonology can be fun and free
• Subtitling your video clips
• Transcribed Videos for EFL ESL
• Soundscapes from SoundTransit
• Text to Speech for EFL ESL Materials
• Multimedia Vocabulary Website
• Listening Dictation Puzzles for EFL ESL
• Text to Speech for EFL ESL Materials

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Nik Peachey

>School Zone’s Phonics CD-ROM (Software)

>Title: School Zone’s Phonics CD-ROM
Level: Ages 6–8
Publisher: SCHOOL ZONE PUBLISHING COMPANY
Date: 2005
Size: 168 Mb
Format: ISO
Language: American English

Educational Goal: to teach and practise phonics skills through interactive software that appeals to a variety of learning styles. [+/-]

Your child can’t get too much phonics practice! This software and workbook combo teaches and reviews critical phonics skills. The workbook offers interesting activities and colorful illustrations as it introduces consonants, short and long vowels, blends, combination sounds, and much more. The software enhances the workbook experience by adding audio guidance, instant grading, progress tracking, and ample positive reinforcement. The program randomizes problems with each use, providing endless activities. Plus, engaging games offer an important break between exercises. Colorful graphics, silly sound effects, and funny animations make learning fun. Together, the CD-ROM and workbook provide Two Great Ways to Learn!™

Educational Skills
• Long Vowels
• Short Vowels
• Vowel-Consonant-e
• Blends
• Combination Sounds
• Silent Letters
• Plural Endings
• Suffixes and Prefixes

Key Features
• School Zone Interactive software keeps children actively engaged.
• Educators developed this electronic workbook, which contains the most current and essential skills, content and approaches.
• The combination of workbook and CD-ROM provides extra value and effectiveness, as well as superior delivery of educational content.

System Requirements
Windows® Vista, XP, 2000
Pentium® III 1GHz (or equivalent)
256MB of RAM
800×600 32-bit color video
16-bit sound card
700MB of available disk space
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

Mac® OS X 10.5, 10.4, 10.3
PowerPC™ G4 933MHz (or equivalent)
256MB of RAM
800×600 32-bit color video
16-bit sound card
700MB of available disk space
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

School_Zone_Phonics_ISO.part1.rar
School_Zone_Phonics_ISO.part2.rar

>MacMillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners 2nd Ed (CD-ROM)

>Title: MacMillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners 2nd Ed (CD-ROM)
Author(s): Carla Wilson
Publisher: Macmillan Education
Date: October 2007
Size: 450 Mb
Format: ISO + Patch
Language: British and American English

Discover the CD-ROM with the whole of the dictionary plus much more… This new edition has sections on improving writing, language awareness and expanding vocabulary in addition to the main dictionary. [+/-]

Enlarge your vocabulary
• NEW Click on the thesaurus button next to every word to access a list of synonyms.
• Understand difficult words with over 1300 illustrations, animations and photographs, and more than 300 sound effects.
• Create your own wordlists to revise, improve and extend your vocabulary.
• Explore the Language Study pages to develop your vocabulary in particular areas of English, and discover the world with 200 interactive maps in the atlas.

Improve your pronunciation
• Hear the pronunciation of every word in British and American English at the click of a button
• Record, play back and improve your pronunciation, and search for other words that are pronounced in the same way

Personalize your search
• NEW Display only as much information about each word as you want, and add your own notes or translations to every entry in the dictionary
• Use the Super Search to look for groups of words that are of particular interest to you.

Exploit your dictionary
• NEW Over 200 interactive exercises to improve your writing skills
• NEW Connect instantly through weblinks to carefully selected websites offering cultural and encyclopedic information
• Quick Find gives you instant dictionary definitions of words and phrases in documents, email or web pages. Just hover your mouse over the word you want to see.

The MED CD-ROM is Windows Vista compatible.

MED CD-ROM+Patch (450 Mb)
MED+Patch.part1.rar
MED+Patch.part2.rar
MED+Patch.part3.rar
MED+Patch.part4.rar
MED+Patch.part5.rar
Patch only (9.81 Mb)
MED_Patch_only.rar

>Most Commonly Mispronounced English Words and their Correct Pronunciation (part 1)

>The following are examples of the most commonly mispronounced words. Listen to the audio to know how they are supposed to be pronounced.

http://www.youtube.com/get_player

Most Commonly Mispronounced English Words1 http://d.scribd.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=13764223&access_key=key-1bstolztl68h5um96ofx&page=1&version=1&viewMode=

Publish at Scribd or explore others: Education How-To Guides & DIY pronunciation most commonly pronou

>English Vocabulary (57 Flash Animations)

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Title: English Vocabulary (57 Flash Animations)
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Compiled by: O’Mama
Size: 29.15 Mb
Format: SWF
Language: American English

Instead of reciting a word by spelling each letter which we probably have no idea about its meaning, don’t think it’s useless? It is more fun to learn vocabulary, proverbs and slang with these internactive flash animatons which you can even see pictures and hear human voice. [+/-]

It completely doesn’t sound like a talking dictionary. Well, you may not need this interactive multimedia collection but I’m sure it must interest your children or young students.

The topics of this vocabulary collection include:
• Accommodations
• Household Appliances
• Answer
• Animals
• Business Meeting
• Clothing
• Computer
• Days and Time
• Economics
• Electornic Appliances
• Food
• Fruits
• Games
• Greetings
• Hotel
• Human Body
• Music
• Nature
• People
• Questions
• Reading and Writing
• Relatives
• Restaurant
• School
• Shapes
• Shopping
• Sports
• Tool Box
• Tour
• Transportation
• Vegetables
• Weather
• Proverbs
• Slang
• Occupations

>Longman Interactive American Dictionary (CD-ROM)

>Title: Longman Interactive American Dictionary
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Date: May 30, 2006
Size: 513 Mb
Format: CD-ROM
Language: American English

The “Longman Interactive American Dictionary” is the first truly interactive American Dictionary in the world. It includes video, color animations, sound, language practice, and interactive exercises, and is ideal for classwork, projects, and homework. Features include:
• 80,000 words and phrases, with 50,000 spoken pronunciations.
• Comprehensive cultural entries from Bill Clinton to Grand Central Station.
• Interactive recording facility for pronunciation practice. [+/-]

Dictionary
Written specially for students of American English, the dictionary contains almost 80,000 words and phrases, and covers all you need to know about American language and culture. Over 50,000 of these words give a real-life pronunciation, and there is a facility which allows you to record your own voice; so you can listen to the pronunciation given, record your own version, then see how it compares with the original.

Common Errors section
The Common Errors section will help you avoid common mistakes which many learners of English make. You can use it to help you with your homework, or to find out more about a word or phrase. Every entry in this section shows two examples of the word in use – one using it correctly, and one using it incorrectly.

The Grammar Book
You can use the Grammar Book to help you study new language areas, or review and practise language. Some sections within the Grammar Book have short, full colour animations attached to them, which are a fun way of consolidating your knowledge of certain grammar points.

Videos
There are 10 videos on the “Longman Interactive American Dictionary”, each illustrating grammar and use in true-to-life situations. You can use the videos to extend your vocabulary, practise your listening comprehension and improve your written English. Each video has a script which scrolls down automatically as it plays, so you can follow the words as you hear them.

Exercises
To help you get the maximum from the “Longman Interactive American Dictionary”, we have included over 500 specially written exercises concentrating on each of the main sections.

There are exercises to:
– see how well you have understood the dictionary entries
– test your knowledge of vocabulary and grammar
– give you practice in using words from the Common Errors section correctly
– help you get the most out of the pictures
– help you get the most out of the videos

Verbs
This section contains conjugations of all the verbs in the dictionary for all ‘persons’, and the most common tenses in both simple and progressive forms. You can use it to help you check your spelling and increase your grammatical accuracy.

Pictures
In this section, there are many attractive photographs and drawings to help you learn and remember new words. Each picture has the word being illustrated at the top, and some also have short descriptions of what is in the picture.

So, there’s plenty on the “Longman Interactive American Dictionary” to keep you occupied and help you to learn English. But, because this dictionary is on CD-ROM, it’s fun to use and will keep you amused even while you’re learning! Also, if you’ve got a multimedia computer, you can use the Longman Interactive American Dictionary at home as well as in the classroom.

System Requirements
PC Minimum Specification:
• 486 IBM-compatible personal computer
• 8 MB RAM
• At least 10 MB free space on hard drive
• Double-speed or faster CD-ROM drive
• Soundblaster-compatible audio card and loudspeakers
• Windows 3.1 or later

Mac Minimum Specification:
• 68040 or greater processor
• Apple System Software version 7.0 or later
• 8 MB RAM
• Double-speed or faster CD-ROM drive and external speakers

Longman_Interactive_AmE_Dict.part1.rar
Longman_Interactive_AmE_Dict.part2.rar
Longman_Interactive_AmE_Dict.part3.rar
Longman_Interactive_AmE_Dict.part4.rar
Longman_Interactive_AmE_Dict.part5.rar
Longman_Interactive_AmE_Dict.part6.rar

>Phonics Video Collection (27 VDO files)

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Title: Phonics Videos Collection
Level: Beginner
Compiled by: O’Mama
Publisher: Various companies
Size: 141 Mb (27 VDO files)
Format: Video file
Quality: Very good
Language: American English

I’m particulary interested in Phonics because it helps me improve my spoken English a lot. Before I got to know about phonics, my American host dad said I spoke English as if I copied from a book. It just didn’t sound natural at the time. I learned that my weakest point in spoken English was my pronunciation. Of course, I still can’t ditch the accent of my mother tongue but it’s not as strong as you often hear from some non-native English speakers.

These Phonics Video Collection features: [+/-]

• A B C song
• Alphabet and Letter Sounds
• Blends and Digraphs
• Vowel sounds
• Consonant sounds
• Accent Reduction
• etc.

Feel free to find more in…

Phonics_VDO.part1.rar
Phonics_VDO.part2.rar