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Global English and the teaching of pronunciation

Submitted by TE Editor on 3 May, 2011 - 08:19

The 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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Stress timing

Submitted by Anonymous on 4 January, 2011 - 15:23

How do you teach English pronunciation? One area often problematic for learners is stress timing.

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Halloween

Submitted by TE Editor on 27 October, 2011 - 11:26

Happy Halloween from the team at LearnEnglish Kids! There are lots of activities for Halloween on our site and you will find most of the content here:

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Word of the week

Submitted by Sally Trowbridge on 15 July, 2010 - 10:00

'Word of the week' is a new video section on LearnEnglish Kids that aims to teach children vocabulary that they may not find in their English course book. The videos show children in the UK using words like ‘cheeky’, ‘chill’ and ‘fan’. The words are spoken individually and then the children show how the words are used in context by means of a short dialogue.

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Teaching the schwa

Submitted by TE Editor on 2 March, 2009 - 13:00

If you only learn or teach one phoneme, make sure it's the most common English sound - the schwa.

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Developing pronunciation through songs

Submitted by TE Editor on 21 June, 2006 - 13:00

Like 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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Word stress

Submitted by TE Editor on 21 February, 2005 - 13:00

A major benefit of focusing students on how words are stressed is the extra mental engagement with the word that it gives.

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