Teacher demonstrating pronunciation of a sound.

TeachingEnglish: How to teach pronunciation

How will the course help you?

By the end of How to teach pronunciation, you'll be able to 

  • identify different elements of teaching English pronunciation
  • evaluate and use activities designed to practise problematic sounds
  • integrate pronunciation practice with other aspects of language learning. 

What resources can you access at any time?

  • A free workbook with extra learning content and resources connected to the course contents
  • A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative teaching ideas for you to try out (Facebook account required)
  • Learning content related to our courses on Facebook and YouTube
  • Live events and recordings with course tutors and language teaching experts on Facebook and YouTube
  • Teaching resources on the TeachingEnglish website
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What are the self-study modules in How to teach pronunciation?

Module 1 – Understanding pronunciation

This module gives an overview of pronunciation and how it links to the teaching of English.

Module 2 – Engaging with pronunciation – individual sounds

The aim of this module is for you to know how to prevent and correct individual sound problems that are relevant to your own context. You experience and evaluate a range of activities designed to practise problematic sounds.

Module 3 – Engaging with pronunciation – techniques and activities

The aim of this module is to help you understand how to integrate pronunciation practice in the classroom. The module looks at various aspects of pronunciation, including stress, intonation and features of connected speech. You experience and evaluate activities, and are given the opportunity to plan how to integrate pronunciation activities with other aspects of language learning.


Course reviews

What have other teachers said about how How to teach pronunciation helped them?

"One example is to include pronunciation activities in any lesson that I'm giving, which I've never done before. And I've found that this was a very easy way to teach pronunciation because it had a context and the students were motivated to learn sounds, intonations, and rhythm in a context they were familar with."

Course participant, Madagascar

"Instead of considering pronunciation as this impending and challenging lesson I have to teach every now and then, it is now a fun part of my everyday courses and is never absent during my planning. The activities I give my learners are now richer and more entertaining and thus they stick better in their memory."

Course participant, Tunisia

"During my day-to-day teaching, I applied the knowledge gained from the pronunciation course by incorporating focused practice sessions on stress and intonation patterns. For instance, I taught my students how word stress can change the meaning of words like record (noun) and record (verb). I also emphasized sentence-level intonation to help them sound more natural when asking questions or making statements. This not only improved their pronunciation but also boosted their confidence in speaking English."

Course participant, Egypt


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I cannot register for this course. When I go to the Explore Courses page (after logging in), this course is not listed. I have the same problem also with the Safeguarding... course.
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Hello...
I want to know about the enrolment of this course. Do I always have to go back to enroll every time I continue the practice?
I have done Module 1 Unit 1 but can't do it tonight. I know I should be able to do it by Monday the 4th, but I don't know where to go to continue tonight. Please guide me, can I continue?
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Hi, Enrolment for this course ended on 28 August 2023 so you missed the enrolment by one day. We will run this course again enxt year.

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Hello,

I wanted to know if links for the articles and videos in the workbook will be available and operative after the duration of the course in case I want to refer to them at a later stage.
Thank you for the wonderful course.
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Does anybody will guide or evaluate me during this course?

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The content of the course on the learning site is self access, you can register here https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/training/teachingenglish-how-teach-pronunciation - to complete the course you need to do all the activities and the quizzes.  You can get a certificate if you do that.   Our tutors guide the course participants on our course community page https://www.facebook.com/groups/coursesforteachers, which you can apply to join. Hope to see you there!

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Hello, I've just finished all 3 modules from the workbook, The question is - where to take the test online for getting a certificate?
Maria.

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Thank you for contacting us. I can confirm that we have reactivated your enrolment and you should now be able to complete the course. 

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