by Adrian Underhill | Oct 30, 2020 | 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception, 8. Teacher Training Courses & Conferences, Teaching as Inquiry, Trinity Diploma Pron Questions
(Posted today on the OXFORD TEFL blog) See what’s going on, try something different, learn from it. That’s my teacher development mantra. You can use it anywhere and it applies to everything. Let’s start with the first bit: See what’s going on…. To follow...
by Adrian Underhill | Jan 8, 2020 | 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Trinity Diploma Pron Questions
Today’s pronunciation methodology fails in several respects: It is over reliant on repetition, it treats pronunciation as a cognitive (rather than physical) activity, and it is linear rather than holistic. This is why pronunciation is not and cannot be integrated into...
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 8, 2018 | 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception, 3. How to use the Sound Foundations Chart, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Trinity Diploma Pron Questions
Another question from teachers on the Diploma programme at Oxford TEFL (click for info) The short answer? Don’t teach the symbols, but help learners discover the sounds. And when they are able to say a sound close to the target sound, you can point at the sound on the...
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 | Nov 3, 2018 | 3. How to use the Sound Foundations Chart, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Trinity Diploma Pron Questions
Another question raised by a teacher on the online Trinity Diploma at Oxford TEFL. I’ve been reading Kelly’s book How to Teach Pronunciation and I have also watched and read some of your material. It seems to me that Kelly’s suggestion is to deal...
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