Pinying (拼英) app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: University of Oklahoma Office of Technology Development
First release : 03 Mar 2016
App size: 56.27 Mb
SinoEnglish is a breakthrough method for learning clear American English pronunciation built specifically for the needs of Chinese speakers. Through a new, patented method, Chinese English learners can quickly and intuitively learn Standard American pronunciation by accurately splicing and resequencing Chinese sounds. SinoEnglish reveals how Chinese characters work better than letters to teach the standard English pronunciation in China and will give you the confidence to pronounce even the most complicated English words.
Through these intuitive and easy to use apps, Chinese English learners will:
• Learn how to sequence standard Mandarin sounds into standard American Pronunciation
• Learn to correctly pronounce new sounds not found in China English (sounds like /th/ and /v/ among others)
• Learn standard American stress and intonation patterns in polysyllabic words
• Learn standard American long and short vowels
• Learn clear consonant blends and clusters
• Learn to eliminate disruptive “extra sounds” that make China English so difficult to understand for English speakers
• Learn to distinguish between commonly mistaken minimal pairs
• Learn to hear American English sounds more accurately and improve your listening comprehension.
SinoEnglish users learn all of these skills through Chinese characters!