Talks by Mark Hancock

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Tonic Stress Made Simple

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Saturday, February 17, 2018 - 16:00
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Pronunciation: The Missing Link
Location: 
University of Chester, Parkgate Campus
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Tonic Stress Made Simple - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/tonic-stress-made-simple

Tonic stress is a speaker’s use of emphasis to focus a listener’s attention. It’s an aspect of the speaking skill which is often neglected, but is crucial signalling the connections between ideas in both monologues and dialogues. Here’s a quick example:

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Pronunciation Teaching in a Lingua Franca Context

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Friday, November 24, 2017 - 12:00
Venue: 
4th International Conference on ESP/EAP/EMI
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4, Leninskiy avenue Moscow, Russian Federation
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 - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/calendar/month/2017-11

Moderator: IATEFL Pronunciation SIG Co-ordinator Wayne Rimmer

Presenters: Robin Walker, Heather Hansen, Mark Hancock

Teaching Tonicity

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Thursday, November 23, 2017 - 13:00
Venue: 
4th International Conference on ESP/EAP/EMI
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4, Leninskiy avenue Moscow, Russian Federation
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Teaching Tonicity - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/teaching-tonicity

Tonicity is a speaker’s use of stress to focus a listener’s attention. It’s an aspect of pronunciation which is often neglected, but is crucial in getting meaning across. In this session we will look at ways of presenting and practicing this important skill in the language class. The slides can be downloaded below. See more about Mark's books here.

Pronunciation: be a teacher, not a preacher

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Friday, November 17, 2017 - 14:00
Venue: 
Polo Ditattico, Piazza Oderico da Pordenone 3
Location: 
Rome, Italy
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Pronunciation teaching can be fun, but in a world where English is a lingua franca, we need to take a flexible approach. We can’t simply preach a single ideal target model, instead, we must teach learners to be adaptable, both receptively and productively. In this session, I will demonstrate this. Download the slides from the talk below.

Pronunciation: Be a teacher, not a preacher

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Saturday, October 21, 2017 - 18:00
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GRETA
Location: 
Granada
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Pronunciation work can be the most enjoyable part of a lesson but for this to happen, we need to move beyond ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, and instead explore language together with our students in a spirit of collaborative discovery. In this session, I will demonstrate examples of how I think this can be done.

Pronunciation: be a teacher, not a preacher

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Friday, October 20, 2017 - 16:00
Venue: 
TESOL Spain
Location: 
St Louis University, Madrid campus
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Pronunciation: be a teacher, not a preacher - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/pronunciation-be-teacher-not-preacher-0

 

 

 

 

 

Pronunciation for Iconoclasts

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Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 10:00
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Joint PronSIG / GI SIG event
Location: 
Africa Centre, London
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Pronunciation for Iconoclasts - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/pronunciation-iconoclasts

Pronunciation teaching is sometimes held back by an unhelpful insistence on the phonetic detail of target models. Some features, such as the schwa for example, seem to almost acquire the status of icons. What happens if we knock these icons off their pedestals? This presentation will start a day of talks brought together by IATEFL's Pronunciation SIG and Global Issues SIG.

The Complete Pronunciation Workout

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Friday, October 13, 2017 - 16:00
Venue: 
The Language Show, TEFL stage
Location: 
London
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The Complete Pronunciation Workout - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/complete-pronunciation-workout-2

Pronunciation teaching can be a joy, but we need to get away from listen-and-repeat routines and approach it from fresh angles. In this lively presentation, we will try out a variety of activities, from puzzles and games to workouts and raps. There's a PDF of the slides below, as well as the backing rhythm used in the rap. Thanks to Sergio Juan Gomez for the photo!

The Vowel Hexagon

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Event date: 
Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 12:30
Venue: 
Universidad Nacional de la Plata, V Jornadas Internacionales de Fonetica y Fonologia
Location: 
Buenos Aires
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Calendar of events by day - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/calendar/day/2016-03-12

In this talk, I will present a pedagogical chart of English vowels set in a hexagon figure. I will explain the rationale behind the design, which is based on a system of rings and spokes, with the long vowels in the outer ring, the short vowels in the inner ring and the schwa at the centre.

Zoom Webinar

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 14:00
Venue: 
Zoom Room, 14:00 Argentina time
Location: 
Buenos Aires
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Zoom Webinar - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/zoom-webinar

This webinar has been organized by Stella Palavecino of the IES en Lenguas Vivas Juan Ramon Fernandez and hosted by Veronica Pintos of the British Council, both in Buenos Aires. Here's a summary of the main argument. You'll find the slides on a pdf below, and an MP3 of the rap, and a second karaoke version.

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