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Telephone number pronunciation  
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This activity practises discrete vowel sounds. It practises both speaking and listening skills. It works well in pairs or in groups and usually generates lots of fun.

Average: 3 (79 votes)
Working with a Modified Sound / Color Chart  
The value of pronunciation practice even at the earliest stages of language learning is increasingly being recognized. Pronunciation activities, however, can be tedious and mechanical, and are often limited to simply repeating after a native-speaker model... Read more >>
Karaoke to get your students singing songs  
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Nik Peachey -27 August, 2008 - 07:00

A couple of months back I posted a message about a new karaoke website I had found which you could use with students ( http://www.redkaraoke.c

Gap fill poems  
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I like to use this activity to introduce poetry into the classroom and to raise learners' awareness of the beauty and fun to be had with poetry. It can also be used to practice learners' pronunciation.

Average: 3.2 (107 votes)
What's new on my technology blog  
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Nik Peachey -24 April, 2008 - 11:47

Hi All,

I've just been updating my technology blog and would like to share some of the new content with teaching English readers. Over the last month I've added four new articles.

Sound and spelling  
Questions and answers

Download the attached quiz, print it off and use it in your class.

Average: 3.4 (175 votes)
Phonemic chart  
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Help your students hear the sounds of English by clicking on the symbols of this updated pronunciation chart - you can now install it on your own PC or Mac computer

Average: 4.2 (292 votes)
Pronunciation  

Anegagregn Gashaw, Ethiopia

I intend to make a study on the status of pronunciation teaching in our secondary schools. However, my topic is not that much appealing to my colleagues because of their deep-rooted negative attitude about pronunciation. And many comment that pronunciation is a 'leisure' and there are other 'better' topics to be studied. I am ,however ,interested to make this study. Therefore, can any one help me to convince these people that my topic is worth studying for the good of our EFL programs; and I would be very happy if you can recommend any important literature about the teaching of pronunciation in EFL classrooms. This is because our libraries are not free from the above misconception about pronunciation.

Should we teach a simplified version of English?

This topic is now closed, thank you for all your contributions.

Yes, I think pronunciation is a high priority.
86% (705 votes)
No, I don't think it's a priority.
10% (85 votes)
I don't know.
3% (26 votes)
Total votes: 816
Your rating: None Average: 4.6 (8 votes)
Phonemic symbols  
Phonemic symbols

Help your own and your students' pronunciation with our pronunciation downloads. There are 44 A4 size classroom posters of phonemic symbols with examples to download. The posters are in Portable Document Format (pdf) and have been attached in a zipped folder.

Average: 3.9 (126 votes)
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