pronunciation

Rhythm

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Rhythm 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.

Developing pronunciation through songs

admin — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:00:00 +0000

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?

Teaching the schwa

admin — Tue, 02 May 2006 12:00:00 +0000

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

Intonation

admin — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Intonation is crucial for communication. It's also a largely unconscious mechanism, and as such, a complex aspect of pronunciation.

Connected speech 2

admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:00:00 +0000

An advanced student of mine speaks both clearly and usually correctly, but can often sound over formal and at times stilted.

Word stress

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:00:00 +0000

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

Connected speech

admin — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:00:00 +0000

Teaching pronunciation used to involve little more than identifying and practicing the sounds of which a language is composed, that is to say, its phonemes.

Integrating pronunciation into classroom activities

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 12:00:00 +0000

Pronunciation work has traditionally taken a secondary role in language teaching to work on grammar and more recently lexis.

English sentence stress

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:00:00 +0000

Sentence 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.

Young learners and the phonemic chart

admin — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:00:00 +0000

The main aim of this article is for teachers to help their students become more knowledgeable and interested in learning the sounds of English and to help them see how it can facilitate autonomous learning with self-study
English language learning material and dictionaries.