Pronunciation

From Fear to Fun: Learning to Love Pronunciation

Speaker: 
Event date: 
Friday, January 22, 2027 (All day) to Saturday, January 23, 2027 (All day)
Venue: 
Plenary; Thailand TESOL
Location: 
Hat Yai, Thailand
Extra info: 
Plus downloads
From Fear to Fun: Learning to Love Pronunciation - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/fear-fun-learning-love-pronunciation

Many teachers avoid teaching pronunciation because it seems difficult, or because they feel their own accent is ‘not good enough’. But what if we’ve got the wrong idea about the nature and purpose of pronunciation? Perhaps a different perspective can show us that we have nothing to fear.

Practical Pronunciation

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Event date: 
Monday, October 19, 2026 - 09:30
Venue: 
Stafford International
Location: 
Cambridge
Extra info: 
Includes handouts
Practical Pronunciation - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/practical-pronunciation-1

This whole morning session presents pronunciation and how to teach it in a practical way. The slides can be downloaded below.

Here are some of the the links found in the slides:

Tongue Cats

T-Maze

T-Maze - hancockmcdonald.com/materials/t-maze-1

Instructions:

T-Maze

Materials - hancockmcdonald.com/materials/9

Instructions:

T-Maze

Materials - hancockmcdonald.com/materials/9

Instructions:

R-Maze

Maze for R sounds

Instructions:

Accent for Listeners

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Event date: 
Sunday, May 17, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Venue: 
Zoom
Location: 
Global
Extra info: 
Plus downloads
Accent for Listeners - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/accent-listeners

Watch the webinar here. In this free webinar, I’m talking about accent in ELT: what we need to know and why. I will also show how we can help learners to understand accent variation in a practical, classroom-friendly way.

PronPack: Accent for Listeners

PronPack: Accent for Listeners - hancockmcdonald.com/books/titles/pronpack-accent-listeners

Accent for Listeners (AFL) focuses on helping learners to develop the flexibility to deal with accent variation: English is a global language, and naturally, there is a huge variety in the way it i

We need to talk about accent

Speaker: 
Event date: 
Saturday, October 25, 2025 - 12:00
Venue: 
PronSIG conference
Location: 
Online
Extra info: 
Includes handouts
Pronunciation - hancockmcdonald.com/talks/focus/67

In this presentation, we will look at the need to talk about accent, both for the benefit of our learners, and for our own professional development.
1. For learners, accent awareness is relevant for both speaking and listening:

New PronPack book!

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Cover of the Minimal Pair Collection

"PronPack: The Minimal Pair Collection" - this new book takes an accent-friendly approach to teaching the segmentals of English pronunciation. You can download some free sample material from the book in the PDF below.

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