Sounds: The Pronunciation App
$4.60
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About Sounds: The Pronunciation App
The ultimate interactive English pronunciation tool, for both students AND teachers. Sounds: The Pronunciation App helps you study, practise and play with pronunciation wherever you are. Based on the best-selling book 'Sound Foundations' by pronunciation expert Adrian Underhill, the app features a fully-interactive Phonemic Chart for both British and American English.
You can look up and listen to words and phrases in the WORDLIST, plus record and compare your own pronunciation. If you’re using a Macmillan coursebook, you can now buy additional wordlists directly inside the app.
PRACTISE your pronunciation reading, writing and listening skills
Test yourself with one of the pronunciation QUIZZES
LEARN with lesson plans, videos and top tips for teachers, and study hints for students
COMPLETE FEATURE LIST:
► Interactive Phonemic Chart (British and American English) with high quality audio - tap to hear a sound, or tap and hold to hear the sound and an example word.
► Work in British or American English, and switch between them at any time.
► Vocabulary Wordlist (with over 650 words):
- Phonemic transcriptions and audio
- Record your own pronunciation
- Purchase new wordlists from directly inside the app. Wordlists are available for popular Macmillan coursebooks, as well as topic-based lists. New wordlists feature vocabulary, phrases and audio recordings.
- Turn stress marks on or off to view the primary stress mark in the Wordlist, Practice and Quiz sections.
► Practice Activities (Listen, Read and Write).
► Quizzes (‘3 Minutes’ & '3 Lives' modes) for listening, reading and writing.
► ‘Introduction to the Chart' video featuring Adrian Underhill.
► Three downloadable lesson plans for teaching with the Sounds app.
► Top Ten Tips for Teachers.
► Top Ten Tips for Students.
► ‘Teaching with the Chart' – complete workshop video with Adrian Underhill.
► Full Instructions.
For more information about the phonemic chart, the choice of vocabulary included in the Wordlists, and the benefits of Sounds: The Pronunciation App for both language teachers and students, visit the website at www.macmillanenglish.com/educational-apps/
You can look up and listen to words and phrases in the WORDLIST, plus record and compare your own pronunciation. If you’re using a Macmillan coursebook, you can now buy additional wordlists directly inside the app.
PRACTISE your pronunciation reading, writing and listening skills
Test yourself with one of the pronunciation QUIZZES
LEARN with lesson plans, videos and top tips for teachers, and study hints for students
COMPLETE FEATURE LIST:
► Interactive Phonemic Chart (British and American English) with high quality audio - tap to hear a sound, or tap and hold to hear the sound and an example word.
► Work in British or American English, and switch between them at any time.
► Vocabulary Wordlist (with over 650 words):
- Phonemic transcriptions and audio
- Record your own pronunciation
- Purchase new wordlists from directly inside the app. Wordlists are available for popular Macmillan coursebooks, as well as topic-based lists. New wordlists feature vocabulary, phrases and audio recordings.
- Turn stress marks on or off to view the primary stress mark in the Wordlist, Practice and Quiz sections.
► Practice Activities (Listen, Read and Write).
► Quizzes (‘3 Minutes’ & '3 Lives' modes) for listening, reading and writing.
► ‘Introduction to the Chart' video featuring Adrian Underhill.
► Three downloadable lesson plans for teaching with the Sounds app.
► Top Ten Tips for Teachers.
► Top Ten Tips for Students.
► ‘Teaching with the Chart' – complete workshop video with Adrian Underhill.
► Full Instructions.
For more information about the phonemic chart, the choice of vocabulary included in the Wordlists, and the benefits of Sounds: The Pronunciation App for both language teachers and students, visit the website at www.macmillanenglish.com/educational-apps/
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
v3.04
Android 5 compatible!
Initiative Wordlists added!
- Bug fixes for error when updating app.
v3.0:
- All Wordlists now come complete with definitions, powered by Macmillan English Dictionary Online
- Direct access to Learn & Teach content
v3.04
Android 5 compatible!
Initiative Wordlists added!
- Bug fixes for error when updating app.
v3.0:
- All Wordlists now come complete with definitions, powered by Macmillan English Dictionary Online
- Direct access to Learn & Teach content
Price update Price changed from $4.97 to $4.60.
Price update Price changed from $4.60 to $4.97.
Version update Sounds: The Pronunciation App was updated to version 3.05.00
Price update Price changed from $6.27 to $4.60.
What are users saying about Sounds: The Pronunciation App
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Hands down the best pronunciation content in any app. Unfortunately, the app itself is very shoddy. Half the time fields and buttons overlap so you can't access them. The whole thing crashes every 5 minutes. Still the best tool out there for this particular purpose.
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It's great. I am using it for my studies and it has helped me a lot. Had a problem installing on a new phone and it customer care responded quickly. My problem is solved. Room for improvement - work on start up speed. Is it the best phonics app out there? Yeah
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I've been using it for the past year, but the paid version has decided not to work anymore. It simply opens the logo and nothing happens. It has been happening since Android 5, now I'm on 6.0.1 and stills not working. Please, fix it!
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Review Update: After the latest App update, the option to buy more wordlists has come back which is great. But the interface for Samsung Galaxy S7 is too stretched out, fonts are too big, the words overlap and in effect unreadable!
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Not working on samsung galaxy edge. Openning app takes more than 2 minutes. When you get to the menu then it is unreadable, just all buttons and text lines looks like one big mess. Expected much more for this price and from that brand. It would be nice to see technical description how to use tounge, lips etc, to make sounds. Not recommended this app.
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Word definitions do not work!! Both on iOS and Android. Wouldn't bought it if I knew that it is not working properly.
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This app is absoutletly useless. Every time I press the word list to get a definition of a word from the list it crashes. It's really annoying. I wish I hadn't paid for that app. I want my money back.
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It's kind of messy on the Google Pixel. Works in landscape mode better, but still crashes a lot. Practice mode is pretty much unusable on the Google Pixel.
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No favorite word marking option even in costly purchased Lists. Delayed Start. Cheap tactic to cash upon brand name.
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Ok app. Great idea however there are problems with the formatting of the app which makes it difficult to use on the phone. There is no landscape option under the read practice. These formatting issues take away from the app overall.
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I can't go past the welcome screen. Waste of money
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Doesn't open. I can't go past welcome screen. I regret purchasing it. :(
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It always crashed and may cause handphone out of order.
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Can't read the wordlist on Nexus 5x
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Great for language improvement.
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Very. Nice
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super
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It's cool
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Helpful
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helped me a lot to practice for Phonetics. App Design could be better, though.
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I'm shocked at how lacking this app is. Don't get me wrong, there's a ton of words, which is a good plus. However, anyone can use Quizlet, FOR FREE, and the learning functions are so much more adaptive and helpful. In its present state, I'd say not to waste the money. It's a real shame. It seems very much that Macmillan are using the name in order to overcharge for an inferior product
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I've been using it for the past year, but the paid version has decided not to work anymore. It simply opens the logo and nothing happens. It has been happening since Android 5, now I'm on 6.0.1 and stills not working. Please, fix it!
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I really like the content but after having paid for this, I'm not satisfied with the fact that it keeps freezing. It causes problems on my phone.
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A comprehensive, practical app from one of the world's top linguistic publishers. The keyboard keeps freezing during tests though.
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Easy to use and very useful. Good practise exercises however they could introduce an element of fun to make the experience a little less staid.
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It is not five stars, just because the app frozen sometimes.
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For a paid app I'm rather disappointed. Often this app won't even open. I wouldn't suggest buying.
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Unusable purchased app. Highly disappointing. Nexus 5X on 6.0.1
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Great app. However, i just want know how to create new word immediately and listen to it rather than just depending on random words in wordlists.
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I would add some examples of word with each sound
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Add minimal pairs to make this app excellent
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paid for extra word list which dissappered in 3 days... how to return it?
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The app is excellent as well as the additional information that comes with it for students and teachers!
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Absolutely app like this, not be paid.
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I never tire of practising with this app. Recommend it to all my students!
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After upgraded to Android 6 the wordlist I bought disappeared. How can I get them back? Well, finally I have got the list back. Thank you
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Great way to get those phonemes etched into your brain.
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Review Update: After the latest App update, the option to buy more wordlists has come back which is great. But the interface for Samsung Galaxy S6 is too stretched out, fonts are too big, the words overlap and in effect unreadable!
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I think it's the best app that I never saw.
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Not meant for Samsung as it's overlapping and you can't see the entire list on the screen, very annoying. So basic for a paid App. I have learned the Phonetics in the UK and this app has a weird Phonetics sounds in my opinion. Shame I paid already for it, If I had known this i definitely wouldn't have bought it.