This document provides a list of resources for improving English speaking skills, including research articles on extensive listening and speaking practice, YouTube channels for learning pronunciation and grammar, podcasts, and profiles of people who speak multiple languages. The resources cover a wide range of topics from accent reduction to preparation for English proficiency tests and online language learning communities.
2. Research & Articles:
Cell phone video recording feature as a language learning
tool: A case study, Nicolas A. Gromik
Materials and Methods for Extensive Listening, Willy A
Renandya
The effect of extensive listening on developing L2 listening
fluency: some hard evidence
‘Teacher, the tape is too fast!’ Extensive listening in ELT, Willy
A. Renandya and Thomas S.C. Farrell
Intensive and Extensive Speaking
Examining the Effectiveness of Extensive Speaking Practice
via Voice Blogs in a Foreign Language Learning Context, YUCHIH SUN
3. Accents & Dialects
The International Dialects of English Archive
The Speech Accent Archive
How to Improve Spoken American English - Sound
like a Native Speaker
Phonetics: The Sounds of English, German and Spanish
How Arabic speakers can improve their American English
pronunciation
Archive for accent reduction for Arabic speakers
American Accent for Arabic Speakers
4. Accents & Dialects
How To Do an American Accent - Part 1: Vowel Sounds |
Amy Walker
How To Do an American Accent - Part 2: Consonants and
Letter Combinations | Amy Walker
How To Do an American Accent - Part 3: The Melody | Amy
Walker
How To Do an American Accent - Part 4: The Rhythm | Amy
Walker
How To Do an American Accent - Part 5: The Vibe | Amy
Walker
Children’s Storybooks Online
5. YouTube Channels
ISL Trans
Big Think
TED-Ed
TEDxTalks
Big Think
Learning English With Mr. Duncan
Speak English With Steve Ford
English Harmony
6. YouTube Channels
Pronunciation Book
Doing English with Julian
Pronunciation Manual
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Long Beach City College
SourceFed
Rebecca Linquist
PolyglotPal
7. Speaking Practice & Preparation:
Speaking With Yourself to Improve Your Spoken English
6 tips for dealing with speaking anxiety
MIT + K12
MIT + K12 Khan Academy
Grammar Girl
9. English Proficiency Tests:
Oral Exams | Essential tips your teacher won't tell you
IBEST
Jason Renshaw's Weblog for teachers and students
interested in the Speaking and Writing sections of the iBT
TOEFL
Exam English
IELTS Speaking Task 1 - How to get a high score
IELTS Speaking Task 2 - How to succeed
IELTS Speaking Task 3 - How to get a high score
10. Podcasts
How to Start Your Own Podcast
BBC - Podcasts and Downloads
Apple - iTunes - Podcasts
11. If they can do it, you can too!
Teen
21
Speaks Over 20 Languages
Accents