by Adrian Underhill | Apr 22, 2022 | 3. How to use the Sound Foundations Chart, 4. Connected Speech & Comfortable Intelligibility, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, 8. Teacher Training Courses & Conferences
Hello everyone, Now that nothing is getting back to normal, I’d like to draw your attention to some unusually interesting and (I think) innovative summer teacher training programmes. There is full information at the links. If you decide to come, let’s make sure we...
by Adrian Underhill | Jan 4, 2019 | 4. Connected Speech & Comfortable Intelligibility, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Trinity Diploma Pron Questions
“…Active listening is something I have always brought to my learners’ awareness. It requires that I highlight the sounds and their connected relevance in a phrase or sentence (and such aspects as catenation, elision, intrusion, assimilation) – this is...
by Adrian Underhill | Dec 3, 2018 | 3. How to use the Sound Foundations Chart, 4. Connected Speech & Comfortable Intelligibility, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Trinity Diploma Pron Questions
Two questions from teachers on the current Diploma programme at Oxford TEFL (click for info) Q1 Is there room for diversity in terms of the idea of the ‘right ‘or ‘correct ‘pronunciation? Q2 What if teachers, even having decided a pronunciation...
by Adrian Underhill | Jul 7, 2018 | 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception, 4. Connected Speech & Comfortable Intelligibility, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues
Pronunciation, Advanced Students, Upgrading All levels need attention to pronunciation upgrading and correction. It’s part of intelligibility and self expression. Challenge individual learners by inviting them to attend to sounds, to joining words, to speed,...
by Adrian Underhill | May 2, 2018 | 3. How to use the Sound Foundations Chart, 4. Connected Speech & Comfortable Intelligibility, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Trinity Diploma Pron Questions
Holistic V linear sequence for pronunciation teaching. Integrating pronunciation. Further questions from teachers on the online Trinity Diploma at Oxford TEFL Sequence in a pronunciation course Q1: I’ve been reading Kelly’s book How to Teach Pronunciation...
by Adrian Underhill | Apr 25, 2018 | 4. Connected Speech & Comfortable Intelligibility, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Trinity Diploma Pron Questions
The next few posts feature practical questions raised by teachers following the current online Trinity Diploma at Oxford TEFL. On the topic of teaching pronunciation at different learner levels David Newstead posed three questions, relevant I think to teachers...
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