Pronunciation
Pronunciation
In all my years in the classroom and working as a trainer, pronunciation has been one of the most difficult areas related to learning English, for learners and teachers alike. Speaking to other teachers or watching them teach, I realise that they're often in the same situation I used to be: trying to teach something related to spoken English which they're not 100% sure about, and which the learners often don't really hear - meaning of course that they have a limited chance to actually speak like that!
In this workshop, we will consider a few alternative approaches when focussing on pronunciation, and I hope it will help you, when thinking about what pronunciation should mean in your classes, and exactly what you want your learners to achieve when you work on pronunciation.
You can download all the materials from the workshop in the downloads section on the right. You can complete some of the materials online by taking a look at the activities in the activities section, and if you have any questions or comments about the workshop we would be happy to hear from you. You can add your comments in the discuss section. We hope you enjoy the workshop.
Pronunciation Workshop
The following activities on the topic of pronunciation are intended to help you think about what you learnt from the video.
What do you think?
What did you think of this workshop on pronunciation?
Have you tried the activities with your learners?
What do you find difficult when teaching pronunciation?
Have you got any ideas or tips on teaching pronunciation that you would like to share with other teachers?
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17/07/2020
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I find teaching intonation and sentence stress a tricky area of teaching because it can have different meanings and some of them might sounds a bit rude.
17/07/2020 00:11
Manchester United
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I find teaching intonation and sentence stress a tricky area of teaching because it can have different meanings and some of them might sounds a bit rude.
17/07/2020
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I have tried some of the activities like Dictation and how many words but in a slightly different way.
17/07/2020 00:10
Manchester United
6539
I have tried some of the activities like Dictation and how many words but in a slightly different way.
16/07/2020
points
The workshop was incredibly introduced and presented.
All the credits goes to Rob and his team.
Much appreciated :)
16/07/2020 23:12
Manchester United
6539
The workshop was incredibly introduced and presented.
All the credits goes to Rob and his team.
Much appreciated :)
04/06/2016
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When pronouncing words too its origin must be considered so the pronunciation sounds right
04/06/2016 23:37
Manchester United
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When pronouncing words too its origin must be considered so the pronunciation sounds right
04/06/2016
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Pronunciation should be made by breaking words into syllabus
04/06/2016 23:34
Manchester United
4779
Pronunciation should be made by breaking words into syllabus
15/11/2015
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I normally use this video for my self studies
15/11/2015 10:54
Arsenal
2320
I normally use this video for my self studies
19/10/2015
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I'm not a teacher, but this is a very interesting tip to be used. Btw, I'm getting used to your accent.., I've been listening to you on futurelearn(dot)com also.
19/10/2015 04:57
Arsenal
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I'm not a teacher, but this is a very interesting tip to be used. Btw, I'm getting used to your accent.., I've been listening to you on futurelearn(dot)com also.