Blog posts in September 2016

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

Accent Creep

Sunday - September 25th, 2016
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Mark Hancock
Accent Creep - hancockmcdonald.com/blog/accent-creep

Fifth in the blog/podcast series Accent through the keyhole. Scroll down for the mp3 download.

So who’s this accent creep you mention in the title?

  • Culture
  • Pronunciation

The Bad Boy of English Pronunciation

Thursday - September 22nd, 2016
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Mark Hancock
The Bad Boy of English Pronunciation - hancockmcdonald.com/blog/bad-boy-english-pronunciation

Fancy an accent tattoo? Fourth in the series Accent Through the Keyhole. Scroll down for the mp3 podcast download.

Speech sounds are just neutral, aren’t they? So how can there be a ‘bad boy’?

  • Culture
  • Pronunciation

The Reverse Lisp

Wednesday - September 14th, 2016
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Mark Hancock
The Reverse Lisp - hancockmcdonald.com/blog/reverse-lisp

One person's prestige accent is another person's speech impediment. Third in the series Accent through the keyhole. Scroll down for the mp3 podcast version.

Can you remind us what a lisp is?

  • Culture
  • Pronunciation

The Brogue Meridian

Tuesday - September 6th, 2016
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Mark Hancock
The Brogue Meridian - hancockmcdonald.com/blog/brogue-meridian

This is the second in the blog/podcast series Accent Through the Keyhole: small views of big pictures. Scroll down for the mp3 podcast.

  • Culture
  • Pronunciation

Accent Through the Keyhole: small views of big pictures

Tuesday - September 6th, 2016
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Mark Hancock
Mark Hancock's blog on accent in ELT

This series of 8 podcasts / posts looks at key questions relating to accent and English teaching by focusing on specific instances and generalizing out from them. This page serves as a contents list for the series:

View 1: Either will do. In which we look at what's not important in pronunciation teaching.

  • Culture
  • Pronunciation