teaching students to pronounce “world”
I learned this from a friend, who had learned it from a teacher, who had learned it from… w e r e o l dw e r e o l dwere oldwere oldwereoldwereoldweroldworldIf that doesn’t work, tell...
View Articletest your English: /Z/ or /S/?
It’s kind of sad to look back on my early career and realize that I spent more than my fair share of years mispronouncing all sorts of common words without ever being corrected. I’m not talking about...
View ArticleBetty Pow (part 1)
Pronunciation in Teacher Development: Teachers’ needs, challenges and rewards – Part 1 In my work as a teacher and teacher educator, I have come across controversial views on pronunciation among...
View ArticleBetty Pow (part 2)
Here’s the second part of Betty Pow’s article on pronunciation. Click here for part 1. Making Sense of Intonation One of my favorite approaches for raising learners´ awareness of meaning conveyed by...
View Article5 song extracts to help students link sounds better
This post contains a 5-minute video with song excerpts highlighting some of the ways in which vowels, semi-vowels and consonant sounds are linked in English. Elsewhere on this blog I have argued that...
View Article12 words you might be mispronouncing
You will probably find this post useful if: 1. You’re a teacher of English. 2. English is not your native language. 3. You have recently made the transition from advanced student to teacher. 4. You...
View Article12 songs to practice the pronunciation of -ED endings
As you know, the “-ed” endings of regular past tense verbs can be pronounced in three different ways: /t/, /d/ and /ɪd/, which is the one most students tend to overuse. Click here for an overview of...
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