Say it: English Pronunciation

Name of app

Say it: Pronunciation from Oxford

Type of exercises & brief description

• Type a word and the app will pronounce it with a human voice
•  Record your own spoken attempt and compare with the model using audio visual touchscreen analysis
• Score your attempt according to how you think you did
• Save your scored words into a personalised word list
• 2 modes: ‘Look up a word’ to practise specific words or ‘Test mode’ (Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced/Random)
• Bank of 30,000 British English words to practise in purchased app

Error handling

None

Prompts/cues

None

Record results

No but speech attempts can be emailed to your speech & language therapist

Developer

Oxford University Press & Phona limited

Supplier

App store

Comments/N.B

·      This is an EFL app designed for foreigners to improve their pronunciation of English

·      Requires good spelling to find the words (or a word list could be provided by a therapist for the user to copy)

·      Using the ‘Look up a word’ mode, the user could practise specific words they wish to practise