Talks by Mark Hancock

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How to Get the Most from a Song

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Event date: 
Friday, January 29, 1999 - 19:30
Venue: 
Expolangue
Location: 
Paris
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How to Get the Most from a Song

Songs have long been popular with language teachers. They demonstrate language in a memorable, motivating way. However, all too often, the exploitation is limited to gap filling. In this workshop, we will look at other ways in which they can be used in the classroom.

Video: A classroom demonstration

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Venue: 
You Tube
Location: 
Filmed at English in Chester
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Video: A classroom demonstration - hancockmcdonald.com/node/613/edit

In this You Tube Video, Mark demonstrates a series of different classroom activities for presenting and practising the contrast between the vowel sounds in live and leave.

Pronunciation Games for Spain

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Venue: 
GRETA
Location: 
Granada
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Pronunciation Games for Spain - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/pronunciation-games-spain-0

We looked at 8 features of pronunciation which are of particular relevance for Spanish speaking learners of English. These included vowels, spelling of vowels, consonants, consonant clusters, word stress, phrase stress patterns, tonic syllables and connected speech. Each feature was explained, contrasted with Spanish and demonstrated with an example game.

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