Blog posts in September 2013

Here we've got ideas, observations on ELT, including Mark's Pronunciation Blog and loads of conference and speaker reports...

Ray Parker on stress-timing

Monday - September 30th, 2013
Posted by: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 10:15
Blog - hancockmcdonald.com/blog

Ray Parker argued that, regarding stress-timing and rhythm, we have tended to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The notion that natural spoken English has a regular rhythm, he says, has been discredited by the research, but our response has been to abandon both that, and any attention to stress-timing.

  • Listening
  • Pronunciation

Pron event in Bath

Monday - September 30th, 2013
Posted by: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 10:00
Pron event in Bath - hancockmcdonald.com/blog/pron-event-bath

Mark: Great pronunciation event at the weekend. Adrian Underhill shared insights in how sounds are articulated and relate to one another (see his blog on the phonemic chart here).

  • Pronunciation