If you want to join IATEFL PronSIG, join IATEFL and choose PronSIG as your Special Interest Group (SIG).
Benefits for PronSIG members include: free access to Speak Out!, our biannual journal, which proudly exhibits reviews and articles on pronunciation and listening by teachers and researchers; free webinars, and a variety of face-to-face workshops and conferences available to our members at a discounted price. Every year we also organise a PronSIG event at the main IATEFL Conference and offer scholarship opportunities to our members. For more information, check out the Events & Webinars tab.
If you are interested in contributing to PronSIG, please get in touch with our Coordinators (click on the button below).
Once you become a PronSIG member, you can apply for a committee vacancy. Our current PronSIG Committee members are:
The PronSIG Committee
I’m a teacher educator, teacher-researcher and materials writer passionate about inclusive, quality, evidence-based practice. Pronunciation and phonology are core specialisms (alongside reflective teacher development, EdTech, LGBTQI+ inclusion, beginners, YLs, and adult literacy) nurtured through Delta, classroom research, current MA TESOL and co-founding TDSiG-Local ‘DIY-CPD’ initiative: Brighton Language Teachers.
I’m a programme coordinator and teacher of Academic English and pronunciation electives at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. I have a CELTA, Dip TESOL and a Master’s of Research in English Language and Linguistics and have taught English in the UK, Ireland, Italy and the Middle East. My main research interests lie in the use of diverse Englishes in the classroom, particularly regional L1 and global L2 varieties.
I’ve cooperated with a number of schools and academic institutions, as well as start-ups and corporations within the domain of educational technologies, (mobile-assisted) pronunciation training and AI-based speech pedagogy and assessment, also through unpolish.pl. I’m a teacher, teacher trainer and researcher linguist. I have set up this website and create content for it; former Webinar and Social Media Coordinator for PronSIG.
I’m a teacher educator, CELTA trainer, and English Examiner passionate about descriptivist usage of language. I hold a BA in Intercultural Communication, a Masters in Translation and Conference Interpreting (Italian, Spanish and French), a CELTA and a DELTA. I teach English phonetics and phonology courses on various teacher training programs in-person and online. I have taught at institutions in the UK, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Canada. My research interests lie in varieties of English, particularly regional L1 and global L2 varieties.
I’m an English teacher and lecturer at the University of Skopje. I hold a BA in English Language and an MA in English Linguistics, both by the University of Skopje. I have been a teacher for 10 years, and I have worked with different methods from A1 to C2 level and prepared test takers for the Cambridge English exams and IELTS. My main interests are pronunciation, teacher and student well-being.
I’m an English language tutor and Assistant Director of Studies of the Part-time Evening Classes at the English Language Teaching Centre (ELTC) at the University of Sheffield, UK. I hold a BA in English language and Portuguese language by the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and an MA in Applied Linguistics with TESOL by the University of Sheffield. I have been teaching English for more than 16 years and my area of specialisation and research is English pronunciation and pronunciation pedagogy. I’m interested in helping English teachers improve and become more prepared and confident when teaching pronunciation to benefit learners.
I am a freelance teacher, trainer, blogger and DELTA trainer-in-training from Athens, Greece. I hold the Cambridge CELTA, DELTA, Train the Trainer and I’m currently studying for a Master’s degree in Professional Development for Language Education. You might know me from my blog, The TEFL Zone. Pronunciation is one of the areas of language teaching which I find fascinating. I do my best to share my ‘pron-thusiasm’ with my students and trainees, in my lessons, training sessions and training materials.
I’m a graduate teacher from Rosario, Argentina, and I have worked at Colegio San Patricio since 2005. I was Adjunct professor in English Phonetics and Phonology at I.E.S. Olga Cossettini in 2003 and 2004, and I hold a post graduate degree in English Language Teaching from Universidad Nacional de Rosario. I’ve been a member of IATEFL and PronSIG since 2017 and joined APRIR (Rosario’s teachers association) Executive Committee in 2020. I am the winner of the IATEFL Latin America Scholarship in 2022.
I work as a teacher, learning advisor, and the Independent Learning Center (ILC) coordinator at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Turkey. I have been teaching English and Turkish as foreign languages since 2005. I hold a Ph.D. in Foreign Language Teaching from Ankara University Department of Linguistics. My research interests include intelligibility, accentedness, pronunciation teaching, and learner autonomy.
I’m a teacher educator at the Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague. I teach English phonetics and phonology courses in various teacher training programmes. My research interests include the effectiveness of pronunciation teaching and learning, intelligibility and accent attitudes. I attend and take part in conferences focussing on English native and non-native pronunciation.
I’m a Trinity CertTESOL tutor, teacher, teacher trainer and materials designer based in Rio. I hold a BA in Languages, a specialist degree in Media-Education, the CPE, and Delta. My main interests are pronunciation, English as a Lingua Franca and language ideologies. I’ve also been a pedagogical coordinator for BrELT since 2015.
I’m a teacher educator and English language teacher in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. I have an MA in Phonetics and Phonology and a BA in English Language and Literature, both from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. I also have the CELTA and the Train the Trainer certifications. I’m interested in popularising academic research on phonological acquisition in late bilinguals, intelligibility, and pronunciation instruction.
The PronSIG Alumni include:
Michael Vaughan-Rees, Jonathan Marks, Jane Setter, Robin Walker, Wayne Rimmer, Piers Messum, Alex Selman, Laura Patsko, Catarina Pontes, Viktor Carrasquero, George Palomino