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Pronunciation

Who’s afraid of pronunciation?

28 de fevereiro de 2018

Going to university to study languages was a transformative experience for me and was instrumental in making me the professional I am today. I have even written here on RichmondShare (click here) about the possible dilemma many are faced with when trying to decide whether to take a Letras course or a CELTA. One of...Read More

Career, Pronunciation, Teacher Development

Power To The Music

24 de fevereiro de 2018

by Adriano Zanetti

Power To The Music It is funny how people (students) may instantly think of CCR’s ‘Have you ever seen the rain?’ when you start off a conversation with the chunk ‘Have you ever Blahed?’. Have you ever (seen the rain? – lol) stopped and thought how powerful music can be in terms of learning opportunities?...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Lesson Ideas, Pronunciation, Reflections about Education, Skills, Teacher Development, Vocabulary

How misheard lyrics can help your learners listen better

5 de fevereiro de 2018

by Natália Guerreiro

Do you have students that complain they can’t understand the listening tracks until you let them read the transcripts? The solution could be in Richard Cauldwell’s work, which has been brought to my attention by my dearest Higor Cavalcante. The author of Phonology for Listening and of the forthcoming A Syllabus for Listening, Cauldwell did an...Read More

Pronunciation, Skills, Speaking and Spoken Language

bottom-up, higor cavalcante, language development, Listening, phonetics, phonology, pronunciation, richard cauldwell, top-down

Sing, sing a song – 8 ways of using songs in the ELT classroom

5 de abril de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

Late in February a BrELTer asked what she could do with songs in ELT lessons. My comment there was huge (sorry!) because I simply love using songs in language learning, both as a teacher and as a student. In fact, I have forgotten most of the French I’ve been taught except for the French in songs...Read More

Games, Pronunciation, Resources

Music, songs

Teaching pronunciation is worth – Using Pronunciation Teaching Techniques To Clarify Regular – ED Endings

11 de março de 2017

by Roseli Serra

After a year or more, I’m back to blogging. This time I have decided to study and write a little about a subject that is not really comfortable for me to teach and I guess that for lots of my colleagues, it is not easy as well. Let’s then talk about pronunciation regarding the regular...Read More

Language Acquisition, Pronunciation

ED Endings, ed sounds, pronunciation, Pronunciation Techniques, Techniques

Language Development: A short self-study guide for teachers

28 de janeiro de 2017

by Teresa Carvalho

“A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn.” ― Ruth Beechick, An Easy Start in Arithmetic, Grades K-3 In my last post, I talked about writing. The reason why I wrote about it is because I write, and writing is my journey into the core of the English language. The...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Pronunciation, Reflections about Education, Resources, Skills, Teacher Development

language awareness, language development

Teaching pronunciation

7 de janeiro de 2017

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

Teaching pronunciation is often overlooked in our field and the main reason I find is that it can be a bit daunting, not only for teachers to master it (in order to teach it), but also for students to grasp it, especially students who are beginners. However, is it really, daunting? Alternatively, the question would...Read More

Pronunciation

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Accent trait or pronunciation error?

10 de novembro de 2016

by Natália Guerreiro

In the past few years, I’ve seen a few teachers in Brazil make a point of differentiating accent traits from pronunciation errors. You can listen to Daniel Bonatti explain it here for CanalRh or Vania Below from ManagedEnglish tackle it here. The implication, as I understand, is that diversity in accents should be celebrated, but pronunciation...Read More

Pronunciation

accent, ELF, ELF core, English as a Lingua Franca, error, Jenkins, mistake, native varieties, non-native, non-standard, phonology, pronunciation, standard, World Englishes

Suffixes: pronunciation for teachers

6 de novembro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

It seems to me that my posts here have, unintentionally, turned into a pronunciation series. I’ve been keeping my eyes /aɪz/ and ears /ɪərz/ open to things to write about. Last week, I worked with the pronunciation of different suffixes in different places. Because of that, I thought this would be an appropriate topic and I’ve...Read More

Pronunciation, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, elt, professional development, pronunciation, pronunciation errors, teacher development

Final /i/ and /m/: pronunciation for teachers

6 de outubro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

After receiving some positive feedback on my previous post about pronunciation, I started thinking about other pronunciation areas that I thought were problematic. These are mistakes your students will certainly make, but that you may be making yourself too. The two sounds I have chosen have a couple of similarities to the /s/ and /z/...Read More

Pronunciation, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, EFL, elt, intelligibility, language development for teachers, professional development, pronunciation

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