by Ana Paula Biazon Rocha On 20 November 2021, IATEFL PronSIG invited Lucy Pickering to run two sessions: Ask the Expert, where participants had the chance to ask her questions …
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Ask the Expert! PronSIG invites Lucy Pickering [Free Q&A session!]
Register for a free webinar with Lucy Pickering, the author of Discourse Intonation (2018), who will talk to IATEFL Pronunciation SIG (PronSIG) and answer the participants’ questions about intonation!
Date: 20 November 2021 (Saturday), 14:00-15:00 UK time
Teaching discourse intonation in the classroom [exclusive workshop]
An exclusive 60-minute workshop with Lucy Pickering: Teaching discourse intonation in the classroom!
Date: 20 November 2021 (Saturday), 15:15-16:15 UK time
Can anyone think of the children?
In our monthly commentary, our bloggers call for more practical research and experimentation in the Early Years pronunciation classroom.
Top 6 tips for teaching pronunciation from PronSIG’s Online Conference
by Ana Paula Biazon Rocha On 02 October 2021, PronSIG’s online conference, Mind, Brain and Pronunciation: How thoughts, emotions, and experiences affect L2 English pronunciation, offered participants a myriad of …
PronSIG Online Conference 2021 videos & slides
Click here to watch PronSIG Online Conference 2021 videos and slides!
PronSIG Online Conference 2021 (2nd October 2021)
PronSIG Online Conference (2nd October 2021): Mind, Brain and Pronunciation: How thoughts, emotions, and experiences affect L2 English pronunciation
Pronunciation and Orthography: Strange Bedfellows?
Can we rely on spelling to help our learners better grasp pronunciation features of English? Explore some ideas on this subject in this post!
Friend or foe? – Orthography in pronunciation learning and teaching [Webinar by Rosane Silveira]
Date: 18th September 2021 (Saturday), 12:00 pm UK time
Reading aloud as a potential pronunciation tool for teaching thought groups
by Ivana Duckinoska-Mihajlovska Recently, we asked our social media followers if they think that reading aloud (RA) is a good pronunciation practice for students (Ss). The feedback was overwhelming with …
Understanding some essential terms and definitions in L2 pronunciation teaching and learning
by Ana Paula Biazon Rocha L2 pronunciation teaching and learning involves the consideration of segmental and suprasegmental features and how they affect the intelligibility, comprehensibility and accentedness of one’s speech, …
The appeal of using podcasts in pronunciation teaching
In this post, we highlight some of the key messages we took away from Jonás Fouz-González’s workshop for PronSIG’s Pre-Conference Event, held on 12 June 2021, where he gave us very interesting ideas for using podcasts in pronunciation teaching.
Top 6 tips for teaching pronunciation using technology from PronSIG’s PCE (12 June 2021)
by Ana Paula Biazon Rocha June was a really busy month for PronSIG with our Pre-Conference Event (PCE) day, PronSIG Showcase day and the IATEFL conference event. There were lots …
How to transform classroom activities into pronunciation training
by Ivana Duckinoska More often than not, we hear about pronunciation being marginalized in the EFL classroom and we tend to blame the time-constraints and packed curriculum for that. I …
Pronunciation Showcase Day [IATEFL 2021]
Join us online for Pronunciation Showcase Day at IATEFL 2021 (54th International Conference & Exhibition) on Sunday, 20th June 2021! You will hear four fantastic speakers and take part in …
Pron-tech collaborations: the role of technology in the pronunciation classroom [Pre-Conference Event IATEFL 2021]
Register for ‘Pron-tech collaboration: the role of technology in the pronunciation classroom’, PronSIG Pre-Conference Event (PCE) at IATEFL Online 2021, the 54th International Virtual Conference & Exhibition
Date: 12th June 2021
When to teach pronunciation?
by Ana Paula Biazon Rocha If researchers and experts in English pronunciation and pronunciation pedagogy were asked the question posed in the title, I guess most of them, if not …
How should we correct pronunciation mistakes?
by Ana Paula Biazon Rocha When teaching pronunciation, one of the many questions that may arise is how and when to correct our learners’ pronunciation mistakes. We certainly don’t want …
Ideas for fostering phonological awareness in the Early Years class: Training a new generation of Pronthusiasts [Webinar by Viktor Carrasquero]
Date: 17 April 2021 (Saturday), 12:00 pm UK time
Ask the Expert! PronSIG invites Mark Hancock [Q&A session]
Date: 13 March 2021 (Saturday), 10:30 am UK time
Listen, but let’s work on how we repeat it!
by Ana Paula Biazon Rocha The most conventional approach to pronunciation teaching is listen and repeat, where teachers provide learners with a model, such as their own, an audio track, …
Mindfulness as a springboard for pronunciation work
Can we foster mindfulness as we teach pronunciation?
Read this post to find out more.
/læb/ bites: out of the ESL bubble and into the language lab [Webinar by Stella Palavecino]
Date: 20 February 2021 (Saturday), 2:00 pm UK time
Using your hands to teach pronunciation?!
Why not use our hands to help students ‘visualise’ the articulation of sounds and some pronunciation features?
Read this post to find out more.
A journey through pronunciation and emotions. Next stop: ˈmaɪndfəl ˈstuːdənts [Webinar by Carol Gonçalves]
Date: 23 January 2021 (Saturday), 2:00 pm UK time
Haptic Pronunciation teaching: Neuroscience, Praxis and Touch [Webinar by William Acton, Amanda Baker & Michael Burri]
Date: 14th November 2020 (Saturday), 8:30 am UK time
Pronunciation and drama: Becoming more expressive in English [Webinar by Marisol Hernández]
Date: 19th September 2020 (Saturday), 2:00 pm UK time
Pronunciation tips and tricks for teachers of young learners [Webinar by Sylvie Doláková]
Date: 22nd August 2020 (Saturday), 10:30 am UK time
How to teach Pronunciation creatively [Webinar by Jaber Kamali]
Date: 25th July 2020 (Saturday), 10:30 am UK time
Introduction to using Praat in pronunciation teaching [Webinar by Pavel Šturm]
Date: 4th April 2020, 10:30 am UK time