Pronunciation One to One

In one-to-one pronunciation teaching, we must assess what the individual student needs and find the best way of providing it. We can’t use a pre-determined syllabus or ‘set-piece’ pronunciation materials. Instead, we need to be flexible enough to negotiate and adapt both syllabus and methods.  For this, we need to keep three questions in mind:

• Why does our student want or need to work on pronunciation?
• What features of pronunciation might our negotiated syllabus include?
• How can we present and practice these features in a lesson?

In this workshop, we will use these three questions as a framework for discussion, with the objective of developing a general overview of the area, plus specific strategies for dealing with issues that emerge.

See here for a collection of pronunciation materials, many of which are demonstrated in the talk.

See here for the misheard lyrics activity shown at the end of the talk.