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Articles on pronunciation Find out more about rhythm, word stress, connected speech and much more in the articles below. |
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Integrating pronunciation into classroom activitiesPronunciation work has traditionally taken a secondary role in language teaching to work on grammar and more recently lexis. |
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Global English and the teaching of pronunciationThe emergence of so many different kinds (or 'varieties') of international English has caused a number of linguists to question the use of native speaker pronunciation models in the teaching of English. |
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Core activities for using the chart to integrate pronunciationI often see the Sound Foundations chart (you can see it below) in classrooms, and teachers using it to bring pronunciation into the central arena of language work. |
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Pronunciation - the poor relation?The point I want to make is that pronunciation teaching has been neglected and that we have all lost out through this. |
Teaching the schwaIf you only learn or teach one phoneme, make sure it's the most common English sound - the schwa. |
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RhythmRhythm is both a feature of and product of the phonological structure of English. The phonology of any language is a system, so that a change in one part of the system will affect some or all of the other parts. |
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Developing pronunciation through songsLike us, you might already use songs in class, and find that your students enjoy them. But have you considered choosing songs specifically to work on pronunciation? |
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IntonationIntonation is crucial for communication. It's also a largely unconscious mechanism, and as such, a complex aspect of pronunciation. |
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Connected speechTeaching pronunciation used to involve little more than identifying and practising the sounds of which a language is composed, that is to say, its phonemes. |
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Connected speech 2An advanced student of mine speaks both clearly and usually correctly, but can often sound over formal and at times stilted. |
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Core activities for using the chart to integrate pronunciationI often see the Sound Foundations chart (you can see it below) in classrooms, and teachers using it to bring pronunciation into the central arena of language work. |
Developing pronunciation through songsLike us, you might already use songs in class, and find that your students enjoy them. But have you considered choosing songs specifically to work on pronunciation? |
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English sentence stressSentence stress is a difficult area to work on for learners and teachers alike. For this reason it's also an area which is often neglected, but this aspect of the language can cause problems for learners in both their speaking and perhaps more importantly listening. |
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Teaching pronunciation with phonemic symbolsPhonemic symbols represent the sounds of the English language. Using them can be a valuable tool to improving your students' pronunciation. |
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Global English and the teaching of pronunciationThe emergence of so many different kinds (or 'varieties') of international English has caused a number of linguists to question the use of native speaker pronunciation models in the teaching of English. |
Connected speech 2An advanced student of mine speaks both clearly and usually correctly, but can often sound over formal and at times stilted. |
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English sentence stressSentence stress is a difficult area to work on for learners and teachers alike. For this reason it's also an area which is often neglected, but this aspect of the language can cause problems for learners in both their speaking and perhaps more importantly listening. |
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Integrating pronunciation into classroom activitiesPronunciation work has traditionally taken a secondary role in language teaching to work on grammar and more recently lexis. |
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m_faridz
Indonesia
It's really good. I think I'm going to use it in my class. Thank you
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Sally Trowbridge
Spain
Hi
I had a quick google and found various opinions on when braille was invented.
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seyhun
Turkey
thanks for the activity , it worked well, but l think braille alphabet was invented in 1821 not...
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