Tuesday - November 22nd, 2016
This pair of sentences could almost be phrasal homophones (oronyms), except for the differences in punctuation. They play with the fact that the sound bite 'call Dan' is identical to the sound bite 'called Anne'. There are also two meanings of 'called' (to phone or shout out to someone or to be named), which make the pair of sentences rather confusing!
Wednesday - November 16th, 2016
Look at the pictures. Are the two pictures: a. a minimal pair, b. homophones, c. whatever?
Sunday - November 13th, 2016
There is something missing at the heart of the listening component in most ELT course materials. They fail to dig deep into the actual raw material of the skill – what Richard Cauldwell calls the ‘sound substance’.
- Materials design
- Listening
- Pronunciation
Tuesday - October 25th, 2016
The school was big, really big
I didn’t want to go
There were lots of kids, tall kids
Kids I didn’t know
I saw some friends from primary school
But only three or four
How many kids were in this school?
A thousand, maybe more!
Tuesday - October 25th, 2016
Eighth and last in the series Accent through the keyhole. Scroll down for the mp3 podcast version.
What’s the correct answer to the accent by numbers puzzle?
Wednesday - October 19th, 2016
Happy to see a review of our website in IATEFL Voices Issue 253, by Jennifer St.John of the University of Ottawa. Here are a few excerpts
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’?
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