Create a voki!

• Go to www.voki.com and sign in.
• Click on My Voki and then on create a Create a New Voki
• Click on Create New Scene
• Choose a character
• Customize your character
• Give it a voice using the model:
  

"My name is ... (think of a name).
They call me .... because ... (think of a reason).
I love ... (think of something your character loves doing).
I hate ... (think of something your character hates doing)."

• Make sure you save your recording
• Choose a background and a player
• Click on save
• Choose embed in: Blogger and size: small
• Click on Get Code and copy the code
• Now create a new posting on the blog
• Paste the code in the Edit Html window to embed your Voki character in the posting

Work on your pronunciation

It's a good idea to work on your pronunciation whenever you have time. Here are some resources that can help you:

• the Sky Pronunciation suite which is installed on BC computers both in the CALL Room and the SAC (library)
• a phonetics site where you can see and hear how the different vowel and consonant sounds are produced (click on American English)
  
• mouseovermusic.com where you can move your mouse over the lyrics and hear a song
• shiporsheep.com where you can practise minimal pairs (similar words where just the vowel sound is different)
• stress monsters a game where you can test your knowledge of which syllable is stressed in a word