Power point presentation for T4T the Technology for Teachers Conference, TESL Toronto January 18, 2014. 'Teacher Judy's Sound Dictionary' for Android and Apple devices is a $1.99 solution to North American pronunciation. The app goes both ways. People who read English can look up how to pronounce words and people who have heard words can look up how to spell them.

1. Judy Thompson

2. Walk through the theory/lesson
the app is supposed to teach
2. Look at the Pronunciation App
3. Ask for help to improve the app
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3. Where you can get this
page:
 English is Stupid, Students
are Not pg 55
 Free download from
website
thompsonlanguagecenter.com
 Speaking Made Simple
Course Curriculum
 It’s the brainchild behind
Grass is Black the world’s
first dictionary by sound

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a) English spelling doesn’t make sense.
Spelling is only for reading not speaking.
b) English is stress-based - only one syllable is
most important in any word
c) English vowel sounds are found in the names
of 16 colors.
d) Remember pronunciation by the color of the
main vowel of any word in English.
Every Word in English is a color

5. to, few, through, glue, who…
 go, sew, throw, beau, toe…
Silent consonants:
 knee, two, walk, thumb,…
Invisible consonants:
 few, one, Europe, lion, uniform
 fyew, wone, yEurope, liyon, yuniform…
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Basketti
Spasghetti
Spaghetti
Only one syllable is most
important in any word and it
dictates the comprehensibility of
the word

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Blue: to, few, through, clue, who, shoe…
Gold: go, sew, throw, beau, toe, note…
Gray, Black, Green, Red, White, Pink, Gold,
Olive, Blue, Mustard
Wood, Turquoise, Brown
Purple, Charcoal, Orange

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What color is your name?
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1,350 names if you click on a slider @
www.ThompsonLanguageCenter.com
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The two most critical features of
pronunciation are both accessed through the
vowel chart
How do we make this an app?

9. iTunes: http://bit.ly/LrVTu3
Googleplay: http://bit.ly/1dCJy1F

13. For speaking you enter
the word you know
how to spell and it
shows how to
pronounce it
 For spelling click the
Color tab for the main
vowel sound and check
the alphabetical list
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Price
Title
Design
Keywords
Explanation…
Teacher Judy Sound Dictionary App
I want you to buy the app, hate it
and tell me what I can fix.

15. Judy Thompson
judy@thompsonlanguagecenter.com
or
www.EnglishisStupid.com
www.RadicalEnglish.com