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ATEL Conference 5 May 2012
A new approach to pronunciation
Adrian Underhill
Blog: adrianpronchart.wordpress.com
Pronunciation infuses all language:
ReadingWriting
Speaking Listening Thinking
Remembering
But … general observation…?
a. Pronunciation is neglected in favour of grammar, vocabulary…
b. Pronunciation is the Cinderella of language teaching…?
c. The third dimension…
d. The ‘pronunciation slot’ a disintegrated approach
Two problems for pronunciation
a. Pronunciation seen as mysterious, endless. Lack of thinking tool or map
b. It is cognitively taught when it should be physical, muscular
Two solutions
Solution 1: The chart
It provides a map, a thinking tool, a complete gestalt,
Solution 2: Physicality
Teach it physically, as if a subtle inner dance
Reconnect with the muscles that make the difference. This also makes it visible.
The muscle buttons:
1. Tongue (moving forward and back)2. Lips (spreading and bringing back, or rounding and pushing forward)3. Jaw + tongue (moving them up and down) 4. Voice (turning it on or off, to make voiced or unvoiced sounds)
Summary
Chart as geographic mapPhysical and visible approach
Use of chart as worktableFew special materials
Possibility for full integrationMistakes are syllabus
We are NOT teaching symbols …
Further information:
Blog: adrianpronchart.wordpress.com
App: SOUNDS The pronunciation app
Book: Sound Foundations (Macmillan)
Online: Online links to demos, videos etc
This Is Just To Say
I have eatenthe plums
that were inthe icebox
and whichyou were probably
savingfor breakfast.
Forgive methey were delicious
so sweetand so cold.
William Carlos Williams
Macmillan Books for TeachersA selection of titles:
Teaching English Grammar by Jim Scrivener
400 Ideas for Interactive Whiteboards by Sharma, Barrett, Jones
Learning Teaching 3rd edition (with DVD)by Jim Scrivener
500 Activities for the Primary Classroomby Carol Read
Sound Foundationsby Adrian Underhill
SOUNDS: The pronunciation app
The ultimate mobile English pronunciation aid for students and
teachers.
Based on the best-selling Macmillan title Sound Foundations by Adrian
Underhill
SOUNDS helps you study, practise and play with British and American
pronunciation
cabbage roughbroken sand
no often pressure rose
violin telephone rainbow goblin
chocolate forgetbottle blue
friendship salt