via jillrobbins.com
Listening/Speaking Strategies. Nice figure from jillrobbins.com (HT @daylemajor)
via jillrobbins.com
I’m probably not going to show this to my students due to the vulgar language, though I’d argue it’s quite authentic language, particularly for a young guy. He’s certainly got talent.
Of course the first YouTube accent sensation was “21 Accents”
Babbel, the language learning site, has added “realtime” speech recognition to enhance its practical application and enable users to fine-tune their pronunciation skills. This pits the service up against more traditional players such as TellMeMore or Rosetta Stone, says the company.
This could be really cool. I like babbel and I think that even though speech recognition is not great, it can still add some needed emphasis on pronunciation.