The Art of Teaching Pronunciation – 2
This is how one can learn to be an expert teacher…invest your time at the start of your career in learning how to do something really well. Focus on it. Get good at it. Then get even better at Read More …
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The Art of Teaching Pronunciation – 1
I believe that teaching is an art, and I’ve strived my whole life to perfect my craft, which now is teaching pronunciation. It’s not perfection yet, but I keep working and learning from every teaching experience. My e-guides are my attempt Read More …
My AHA Moment That Changed How I Teach Pronunciation
During a “mastermind weekend” at colleague Jennifer England’s home in L’Albi Spain last fall, someone asked if I remembered a moment that changed how I teach. One of my “aha” moments was in the dentist’s office; I finally understood why Read More …
Psych. Today article supports the Disequilibrium Principle…huh?
If you’ve scrolled through earlier blogposts, you may have run across my “teaching principles”—realizations I’ve come to, after decades of teaching ESL and EFL, that have made my teaching of pronunciation (and student learning of it) more effective, more efficient, Read More …
Principle #3 for teaching pronunciation: Speaking is unconscious and physical, so…
The third “principle” that I keep in mind, when I’m teaching pronunciation, is that speaking is unconscious and physical, so our solutions must address those two conditions. Analyzing what we’re doing and not doing (principle #1) is great, it feeds Read More …
Use Guiding Principles Rather Than Publisher Exercises to Teach Pronunciation
After years (and years) of teaching ESL and EFL, I have distilled my knowledge, skills, and experiences into guiding “principles” in a few areas of teaching, and happily, no longer have to search for materials or buy something a publisher Read More …