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      Global English : dealing with Pronunciaton
      Submitted by Nara MJ on 3 February, 2012 - 18:32

       

         You know that native English  speakers do not have the same accents, so good English

         pronunciation does not mean using a British or American accent, and  an accent of

         none native speakers is acceptable as long as the speech is understood by other

           speakers of English.

             I would be very happy to learn how other teachers deal with problems arising from the 

          influence of mother language on the spoken performance of their students in English.

            The main goal for our students is basic communication.. So as an English teacher we try

           our best to demonstrate the language as perfectly as possible.... trying to preserve

           the beauty of  English..... . 

          Pronunciation is a skill that is improved through practice.

            I think nowdays there are many listening activites on INET which can be used in class

           I'd like to share some of them

           http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/

            www.eslkidslab.com 

                                           I'd be glad if you share your thoughts about it !!

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      Elfresh's picture
      Elfresh
      Thank you for sharing!
      Submitted on 3 February, 2012 - 20:02

      The problem of getting students pronounce words correctly is really a pressing one. Well I believe, that apart from doing a good job ourselves (teachers), we can make a stress on audio and video materials, where native speakers pronounce the texts or play the dialogues etc, plus watching series and films in English. It helps a lot =)

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      nahla_shaw
      Reply
      Submitted on 3 February, 2012 - 21:41

      Dear Nara,

      Thank you for the websites. It is true that not everyone is a native speaker, but the stress should be on good speech and good grammar. Offering the students activities and films in which they hear native speakers is a great idea.

      Nahla

      babakartal's picture
      babakartal
      Global English
      Submitted on 3 February, 2012 - 23:26

       Speaking and accent, (pronunciation) very important.

       

      Thanks for sharing.

      merveoflaz's picture
      merveoflaz
      using films
      Submitted on 4 February, 2012 - 00:58

      You are right Nara. This is a common problem of non native English teachers. Using the right source is really important. Apart from the links you shared, we can also use films to develop pronunciation and fluency.

      Victoria Kamchatka's picture
      Victoria Kamchatka
      youtube is a great resource
      Submitted on 4 February, 2012 - 01:34

      youtube is a great resource too. It's so interesting that I have an Americanized accent and my Ss get used to it. When I use British English recordings, they have some difficulties with comprehension. I think the more we expose different accent and dialects, the more practice our Ss will get to tell out which one's which. The more the better!

      Evgeniya_Zimina's picture
      Evgeniya_Zimina
      Victoria's advice is great. I
      Submitted on 4 February, 2012 - 07:37

      Victoria's advice is great. I do it myself. My accent is British, but my students always go to the States in summer and pick up the American accent. And when I teach them Media English, I encourage them to listen to Australian and NZ channels to get used to other accents. http://www.abc.net.au/radio/listenlive.htm is quite good.

      Victoria Kamchatka's picture
      Victoria Kamchatka
      links
      Submitted on 4 February, 2012 - 08:32

      Hi Evgeniya,

      Thanks for the links. I have these ones for accents: Australian English: www.flinders.edu.au

      Canadian English: international.ouc.bc.ca

      Radio Telefon Eire (Ireland): www.rte.ie

      CoffeeAddict's picture
      CoffeeAddict
      The best resource I know for
      Submitted on 4 February, 2012 - 08:53

      The best resource I know for helping students learn and practice how to pronounce words and sentences correectly in English is www.englishcentral.com. It's easy to use and free. Check it out!

       

      Evgeniya_Zimina's picture
      Evgeniya_Zimina
      Hi Victoria,Tanks for the
      Submitted on 4 February, 2012 - 11:03

      Hi Victoria,

      Thanks for the links. I use the Irish one, too - forgot to mention it in my previous post. Also Radio Singapore has a very good English-language channel.

      lemanulas's picture
      lemanulas
      Wooww,,,what a nice post and
      Submitted on 4 February, 2012 - 10:53

      Wooww,,,what a nice post and comments...I should click on the bookmark this button :)Thanks a lot..