Talks, presentations and workshops

We often present at ELT conferences and events. Just select the title below if you're looking for the handout or download from a talk or workshop you have attended.

IATEFL Webinar: Four principles for accent-friendly pronunciation teaching

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Saturday, December 7, 2024 - 15:00
Venue: 
IATEFL
Location: 
Worldwide (3pm UK time)
Website: 
Register here
Extra info: 
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Mark Hancock IATEFL webinar

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.

  • Pronunciation

Stafford House Pronunciation

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Saturday, September 16, 2023 - 10:00
Venue: 
Stafford House
Location: 
London
Extra info: 
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Pronunciation Games for Spanish Speakers - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/pronunciation-games-spanish-speakers
"Muscle, mind, meaning, memory: designing pronunciation lessons and materials" (You can download the slides from the bottom of this page).
  • Pronunciation

Spoken Word Recogniton for Listeners

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 14:30
Venue: 
IATEFL 2023 Conference
Location: 
Harrogate
Website: 
IATEFL Harrogate
Extra info: 
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Spoken Word Recogniton for Listeners - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/spoken-word-recogniton-listeners

TITLE: Spoken word recognition for listeners
NAME(S) OF PRESENTER(S): Mark Hancock
DAY: Tuesday 18 April 2023
TIME: 14:50-15:20
LENGTH: 30 mins
ROOM: Queen's Suite 7 - Harrogate Convention Centre
AUDIENCE CAPACITY: 75

  • Listening

Don't be Afraid of the Accent Police

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Monday, April 17, 2023 - 15:15
Venue: 
IATEFL 2023 pre-conference event
Location: 
Harrogate
Website: 
IATEFL Harrogate
Extra info: 
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Don't be Afraid of the Accent Police - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/dont-be-afraid-accent-police

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.

  • Pronunciation

Panama TESOL

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - 17:30
Venue: 
Panama TESOL
Location: 
Online
Website: 
Panama TESOL
Extra info: 
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Panama TESOL - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/panama-tesol

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.

  • Pronunciation

Say it to Hear it

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Saturday, May 28, 2022 - 11:15
Venue: 
English UK North
Location: 
LILA, Liverpool
Extra info: 
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Say it to Hear it - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/say-it-hear-it
You can find the slides for this talk on a PDF below!
  • Listening

Say it to hear it: pronunciation to benefit listening skills

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Thursday, May 19, 2022 (All day)
Venue: 
IATEFL Annual Conference
Location: 
Belfast
Website: 
IATEFL Belfast
Extra info: 
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Say it to hear it: pronunciation to benefit listening skills - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/say-it-hear-it-pronunciation-benefit-listening-skills
We often think of pronunciation in terms of productive skills, but it’s equally important for receptive ones. Indeed, some aspects of pronunciation learning are primarily for the benefit of listening – connected speech in particular.

Say it to hear it: pronunciation to benefit listening skills

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Saturday, March 5, 2022 - 16:00
Venue: 
TESOL Spain
Location: 
Online
Website: 
Tesol Spain Convention 2022
Extra info: 
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Say it to hear it: pronunciation to benefit listening skills - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/say-it-hear-it-pronunciation-benefit-listening-skills-0

We often think of pronunciation in terms of productive skills, but it’s equally important for receptive ones. Indeed, some aspects of pronunciation learning are primarily for the benefit of listening – connected speech in particular.

  • Pronunciation

Pronunciation Refresher Masterclass

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 - 10:00
Venue: 
IATEFL short courses
Location: 
Online
Website: 
Iatefl
Extra info: 
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Pronunciation Refresher Masterclass - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/pronunciation-refresher-masterclass

In this class, we will address three big questions in pronunciation teaching:
A. Why are we teaching it? We will consider how the needs of learners very according to context, and how this affects what we teach. We will differentiate pronunciation for productive and for receptive purposes.

  • Pronunciation

Hancock & Veigga Pronunciation Course for Teachers

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Sunday, January 9, 2022 - 17:00 to Sunday, February 20, 2022 - 18:00
Venue: 
Online via Zoom
Location: 
International
Website: 
Pron4Teachers
Extra info: 
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The course has been created by teacher, trainer and ELT community activist Taylor Veigga, alongside veteran ELT author and pronunciation specialist Mark Hancock. The flipped approach of the course combines access to an online platform of videos and resources which participants may access at any time, plus weekly live one-hour sessions with the tutors via video-link.
  • Pronunciation

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