by Adrian Underhill | Aug 21, 2018 | 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception, 3. How to use the Sound Foundations Chart, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Pron questions from teachers doing the Trinity Diploma
Further questions raised by teachers on the online Trinity Diploma at Oxford TEFL. The themes here are 1) at what age to start using the pron chart, and 2) what to do about pron meta language and explaining pron. Ana Castro writes: In my teaching experience I’ve...
by Adrian Underhill | Jul 7, 2018 | 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception, 4. Connected Speech & Comfortable Intelligibility, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues
Pronunciation, Advanced Students, Upgrading All levels need attention to pronunciation upgrading and correction. It’s part of intelligibility and self expression. Challenge individual learners by inviting them to attend to sounds, to joining words, to speed,...
by Adrian Underhill | Jul 1, 2018 | 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception, Pron questions from teachers doing the Trinity Diploma
This is true, but can be turned to advantage Pronunciation can be in the background of every activity, and foregrounded as it emerges in the course of any activity. To do this you need an immediate and ready to hand approach to dealing with whatever pronunciation...
by Adrian Underhill | Jun 20, 2018 | 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception, 3. How to use the Sound Foundations Chart, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Pron questions from teachers doing the Trinity Diploma
This post continues with questions raised by teachers on the online Trinity Diploma at Oxford TEFL. The themes here are 1) whether to deal with consonants or vowels first; and 2) the use of phonemic symbols. Consonants or vowels first? Q1: While learning the sounds...
by Adrian Underhill | May 12, 2018 | 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, 7. Resources: Pron Charts, Videos, Apps, Books, Published Articles
Ten Classroom Activities based on my Ten Liberating Assumptions about Pronunciation (that appeared in the Jan 2018 issue of Modern English Teacher) Part 2 is in the Apr 2018 issue of MET In Part 1 of this article (MET 27.1 in Jan 2018) I outlined ten different ways of...
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