by Adrian Underhill | Jan 4, 2019 | 4. Connected Speech & Comfortable Intelligibility, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Pron questions from teachers doing the Trinity Diploma
“…Active listening is something I have always brought to my learners’ awareness. It requires that I highlight the sounds and their connected relevance in a phrase or sentence (and such aspects as catenation, elision, intrusion, assimilation) – this is...
by Adrian Underhill | Dec 8, 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
Another question from teachers on the Diploma programme at Oxford TEFL (click for info) The short answer? Don’t teach the symbols, but help learners discover the sounds. And when they are able to say a sound close to the target sound, you can point at the sound on the...
by Adrian Underhill | Dec 3, 2018 | 3. How to use the Sound Foundations Chart, 4. Connected Speech & Comfortable Intelligibility, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Pron questions from teachers doing the Trinity Diploma
Two questions from teachers on the current Diploma programme at Oxford TEFL (click for info) Q1 Is there room for diversity in terms of the idea of the ‘right ‘or ‘correct ‘pronunciation? Q2 What if teachers, even having decided a pronunciation...
by Adrian Underhill | Nov 3, 2018 | 3. How to use the Sound Foundations Chart, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Pron questions from teachers doing the Trinity Diploma
Another question raised by a teacher on the online Trinity Diploma at Oxford TEFL. I’ve been reading Kelly’s book How to Teach Pronunciation and I have also watched and read some of your material. It seems to me that Kelly’s suggestion is to deal...
by Adrian Underhill | Nov 2, 2018 | 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Pron questions from teachers doing the Trinity Diploma
A question raised on the online Trinity Diploma at Oxford TEFL. What tips or techniques can I start to use to hopefully see some quick results and boost my confidence in teaching pronunciation? Well, luckily – and perhaps unusually – the answer is quite...
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