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 . (2015)

Here you can watch the fascinating session given by Piers Messum: What to teach before you teach sounds

In this 45-minute seminar, Piers talks about pronunciation as a gateway skill and includes interesting insights on motor skills, stress (understanding the diaphragm, stressed syllables and speech breathing), aspiration, the articulatory setting and understanding the tongue.

Watch more videos from this conference

At the same conference event recorded in 2020, David Crystal OBE (linguist, academic and writer) and his son Ben Crystal (actor, producer and writer) gave a 5-part seminar on Dealing with accents, in which they talk about the complexities associated with dealing with different types of accents within English-speaking countries. 

• Dealing with accents - part 1
• Dealing with accents - part 2
• Dealing with accents - part 3
• Dealing with accents - part 4
• Dealing with accents - part 5