Register here. Intelligibility does not depend on having a standard accent. In this presentation, I will suggest that it is possible to teach pronunciation in a way which is more flexible and accepting of different accents.
I have made 50 of these Pair Squares (minimal pairs, squared) for different phoneme contrasts in English (download the PDFs in two files below!). One person says one of the phrases, the others have to identify which one they think they heard.
The newest additions to the PronPack family are the books in the Pronunciation for Listening series, which focus on pronunciation as a receptive skill. These books are user-friendly, with short, well-signposted chapters providing maximum accessibility for the busy teacher.
Have you ever heard an English teacher say, ‘I don’t teach pronunciation because I’m English’? No, me neither. But if you change the last word to almost anything else - ‘Scottish’ or ‘non-native’ for example – then you’ll hear it often.
Mazes, Maps, Rhymes & Raps: Download the slides below. Watch and hear the 'Get Fit' rap here. Get the 'Nightmare Hotel' poem here. Find more videos and raps here.
