The British Council sponsored the live-streaming of the IATEFL Pronunciation SIG - NATECLA London conference 'Accentuate: bringing pronunciation to the fore'. Here we have the session given by Piers Messum on 'What to teach before you teach sounds'.

The British Council sponsored the live-streaming of the IATEFL Pronunciation SIG - NATECLA London conference 'Accentuate: bringing pronunciation to the fore'. Here we have the session given by Piers Messum.

Video 1 - What to teach before you teach sounds

Please find the full programme of the rest of the day's events below. Recordings of most of these sessions are available:

10:15 - 11:15 Dealing  with accents

David Crystal & Ben Crystal. Watch the recording.

11.30 – 12.30 Doing things with sounds. Practical pronunciation activities for your classroom

Mark Hancock. Watch the recording.

13.30 – 14.15 The Silent Way approach to teaching pronunciation, illustrated using French

Roslyn Young.

14.30 – 15.15 What to teach before you teach sounds

Piers Messum.

15.20 – 16.20 Proprioception in learning new sounds, words and connected speech

Adrian Underhill. Watch the recording.

Find out about other relevant content and information which formed part of our 'Focus on pronunciation month'.