The Alphabet & the Sounds of English — a Beginner's Course for Absolute Beginners

For Teachers & Educators

A complete beginner pronunciation course — taught four times this summer, rebuilt from what the classroom said — free to download and use with your own students.

📖 How This Was Made

The whole story: how a veteran ESL teacher rebuilt an entire course with AI — decks, videos, and games — and what happened when a real class voted on every piece of it.

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🎓 Pronunciation Lesson PowerPoints

All 64 slide decks from my 11-day adult ESL pronunciation course — with my full teaching notes in every deck. Free to download, adapt, and use with your own students.

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Hi, I'm Murray

I've taught adult ESL in Los Angeles for more than twenty years — since the pandemic, entirely on Zoom with LAUSD's Adult Ed Virtual Academy (AEVA). Everything here was built for my own students, and it's free for yours. Using it with a class, or want to compare notes on teaching with AI? I'd love to hear from you.

✉️ murray@murraycohen.com

My ESL Class — Core Basics Resource Center

For my current students — everything from class, in one place. Find your lesson, watch the conversations again, read the story, play the games.

📚 A Page for Every Lesson

We did the lesson in class — now review it at home. The Burlington lesson, the conversation videos, the story, and the games, all together on one page.

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🎴 Word Games — Memory Match & More

Flip the cards, find the pairs, beat the clock! Newest game: Colors — Ana's Bag (Module 1). No sound needed — play anywhere on your phone.

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