All content by Mark is listed below:
I got my first teaching job in 1984, working at a large boy's secondary school in El Obeid, Sudan. This experience made it very clear to me that there's a lot more to teaching English than just being able to speak the language!
Sunday - October 16th, 2016
View 7: Twang!
Seventh in the series Accent through the keyhole. Scroll down for the mp3 podcast version.
So what’s this post about?
Saturday - October 8th, 2016
Sixth in the series Accent through the keyhole. Scroll down for the mp3 podcast version.
Why are you illustrating this post with a picture of a mouthless face?
Sunday - September 25th, 2016
Fifth in the blog/podcast series Accent through the keyhole. Scroll down for the mp3 download.
So who’s this accent creep you mention in the title?
Thursday - September 22nd, 2016
Fancy an accent tattoo? Fourth in the series Accent Through the Keyhole. Scroll down for the mp3 podcast download.
Speech sounds are just neutral, aren’t they? So how can there be a ‘bad boy’?
Wednesday - September 14th, 2016
One person's prestige accent is another person's speech impediment. Third in the series Accent through the keyhole. Scroll down for the mp3 podcast version.
Can you remind us what a lisp is?
Tuesday - September 6th, 2016
Tuesday - September 6th, 2016
This series of 8 podcasts / posts looks at key questions relating to accent and English teaching by focusing on specific instances and generalizing out from them. This page serves as a contents list for the series:
View 1: Either will do. In which we look at what's not important in pronunciation teaching.
Tuesday - August 30th, 2016
ACCENT THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: small views of big pictures. This series of posts looks at key questions relating to accent and English teaching by focusing on specific instances and generalizing out from them. Check out the podcast too - it's at the bottom of the page...
Friday - August 26th, 2016
Event date:
Friday, August 26, 2016 (All day)
Manchester in summer is not always something to write home about, but this summer was different. Norwich Institute of Language Education (NILE) offered their first ever pronunciation teaching course, and I was the tutor and course designer. It took place as part of NILE’s summer programme at their Manchester site.
Sunday - July 31st, 2016
ELT materials writing is a creative process, and the prospect of creating something from nothing on an empty white page can be quite daunting. But the materials writer has to do just that, and moreover, do it within very tight constraints. For instance, if you are writing a narrative for ELT purposes, it must not only be engaging as a narrative, but it must also be useful as a learning tool.
- Materials design
- Pronunciation
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