Pronouncing Meaning: rhythm and stress games

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 14:00
Venue: 
IATEFL Harrogate
Location: 
Harrogate International Conference Centre, Queen's 5 (sesssion2.4)
Website: 
IATEFL
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Pronouncing Meaning: rhythm and stress games - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/pronouncing-meaning-rhythm-and-stress-games

This workshop is part of the IATEFL pronSIG day, session 2.4 (14:05 - 14:50). Rhythm and sentence stress are vital in creating meaning, yet they can be daunting and confusing for both teachers and students. In this workshop, I will present a simple pedagogical model of these aspects of pronunciation and I will demonstrate a number of game-like classroom tasks for awareness-raising and practice. After the presentation, you'll be able to get the handout and look at the slide show right here.

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Comments

Mia

Sat, 15/03/2014 - 18:29

Thanks for sharing your ideas at TESOL ARABIA. I'm looking forward to reading your next work at IATEFL. I'm exploring the same topic. My students have problems with weak forms ( tend to stress every word in an utterance ). I CAN do it ( sounds like I CAN'T. One of my student said " I CAN use excel ) and I felt silly when I offered to help him. Another problem is intonation . When they speak in English they sound bored or uninterested . Mia
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Mark Hancock

Sun, 16/03/2014 - 19:40

Thanks Mia. Yes, I think unintentionally stressing a function word can easily lead to misunderstanding, so I want to explore what we can do about this.

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