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Mark Hancock

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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!

Teaching Pronunciation

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Saturday, May 15, 2021 - 09:15
Venue: 
James Cook Languages
Location: 
Czechia
Extra info: 
Plus downloads
Teaching Pronunciation - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/teaching-pronunciation
In this presentation, I demonstrate examples of three different kinds of pronunciation practice activity: 1. Mazes 2. Maps 3. Rhymes & Raps I explain the different purposes of each, in the context of pronunciation issues which may be problematic for Czech-speaking learners. The slices can be downloaded below.
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Mazes, Maps, Rhymes & Raps

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Saturday, April 24, 2021 - 10:00
Venue: 
Nyelviskola Konferencia 2021
Location: 
Online Budapest
Website: 
Nyelviskolák Szakmai Egyesülete
Extra info: 
Plus downloads
Mazes, Maps, Rhymes & Raps - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/mazes-maps-rhymes-raps-0
Pronunciation teaching can be a joy – it doesn’t have to be all complicated theory and difficult symbols. With a playful and experimental approach, it can be a part of the lesson that your students look forward to most. In this session, we will try out three very different kinds of enjoyable activity and see how they each serve different purposes
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Mazes, Maps, Rhymes & Raps

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 14:30
Venue: 
Saudi TESOL
Location: 
Online
Website: 
Saudi TESOL
Extra info: 
Plus downloads
Mazes, Maps, Rhymes & Raps - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/mazes-maps-rhymes-raps
Pronunciation teaching can be a joy – it doesn’t have to be all complicated theory and difficult symbols. This is equally true whether you are teaching face to face or online. With a playful and experimental approach, it can be a part of the lesson that your students look forward to most.
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Top 6 Pronunciation Issues for Spanish Speakers

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Sunday, March 14, 2021 - 09:45
Venue: 
TESOL-Spain
Location: 
Online
Website: 
TESOL Spain 44th Annual Convention
Extra info: 
Includes handouts
Top 6 Pronunciation Issues for Spanish Speakers - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/top-6-pronunciation-issues-spanish-speakers

What are the main pronunciation difficulties which Spanish learners have with English? In this practical session, I will suggest my top six, along with some fun ideas for dealing with them in class. Bearing in mind that the purpose of pronunciation teaching is to help learners become more intelligible, we also consider which features of Spanish-accented English are not problematic.

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Just published: 50 Tips for Teaching Pronunciation

Saturday - November 7th, 2020
Posted by: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Friday, November 6, 2020 (All day)
Just published: 50 Tips for Teaching Pronunciation - hancockmcdonald.com/blog/just-published-50-tips-teaching-pronunciation

This new book outlines a complete approach and philosophy of pronunciation teaching, in the form of 50 very accessible two-page tips. More about it here, and a review of the book by Robin Walker here.

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APIBA: Top 6 pronunciation issues for Spanish-speaking learners

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Saturday, September 26, 2020 - 15:00
Venue: 
APIBA Webinar
Location: 
Buenos Aires
Website: 
APIBA
Extra info: 
Plus downloads
Top 6 pronunciation issues for Spanish-speaking learners - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/top-6-pronunciation-issues-spanish-speaking-learners

In this practical webinar, we look at some of the most important pronunciation issues for Spanish-speaking learners of English. A PDF of the slides can be downloaded below. The presentation contains example activities taken from the recently publishd PronPack 6: Pronunciation of English for Spanish Speakers.

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Woman and Wolf

Sunday - August 30th, 2020
By: 
Mark Hancock
Woman and Wolf - hancockmcdonald.com/materials/woman-and-wolf

The English phoneme /w/ presents difficulties for learners from a wide range of language backgrounds, but not always for the same reason. Some pronounce the /w/ like a /v/ so that west becomes vest. Others interpret it as a vowel sound, so that woman becomes ooman.

PronPack 5: Pronunciation of English for Spanish Speakers

PronPack 5: Pronunciation of English for Spanish Speakers - hancockmcdonald.com/books/titles/pronpack-5-pronunciation-english-spanish-speakers

PronPack 5: Pronunciation of English for Spanish Speakers provides materials for 18 lessons focusing on common difficulties faced by Spanish-speaking learners.

Pronunciation: Muscle, Mind, Meaning, Memory

Speaker: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 13:00
Venue: 
TESOL SPLIS Webinar
Location: 
TESOL International
Website: 
My Tesol
Extra info: 
Plus downloads
Pronunciation: Muscle, Mind, Meaning, Memory - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/pronunciation-muscle-mind-meaning-memory-5

This webinar looks at four kinds of classroom activities and materials for teaching pronunciation. Here are links to the resources mentioned in the talk:

The chart

A maze

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