COURSE SUMMARY:
The course aims to familiarise participants with how sounds are made in English, common learner problems of different nationalities, the phonemic script as a classroom tool and practical exercises to use with students.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This course is designed for English teachers who would like to polish or enhance their teaching pronunciation skills and knowledge of pronunciation.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
- Admission requirements: B1+ level of English
- Minimum class size: 4 students for course to run.
- Necessary equipment: Participants should bring their own laptop to work on projects
COURSE OBJECTIVES AND INTENDED SKILLS:
By the end of the course, participants will:
- have observed experienced teachers and reflected on their own teaching.
- have looked at the theory of how sounds are made.
- be confident using the phonemic chart.
- have increased awareness of individual sounds, features of connected speech, word stress, rules,
- sentence stress and intonation.
- have practised transcribing spoken language.
- have experienced a number of practical classroom activities to help students improve their pronunciation.
- be able to integrate pronunciation as a regular feature of classroom practice.
SAMPLE PROGRAMME:
1) Monday:
- Pronunciation beliefs - The phonemic chart Part 1
- Lesson Observation
- The phonemic chart Part 2 - Practical activity for the classroom
2) Tuesday:
- How sounds are made - Pronunciation rules
- Lesson Observation
- Word stress - Practical activity for the classroom
3) Wednesday
- Sentence stress and weak forms
- Lesson Observation
- Common Learner errors - Practical activity for the classroom -
- Project: lesson preparation part 1
4) Thursday
- Features of connected speech
- Lesson Observation
- Rhythm and intonation in connected speech - Practical activity for the classroom.
- Project: lesson preparation part 2
5) Friday
- Peer teaching or teaching assignment
- Lesson Observation
- Reflection, feedback - Final discussion and action plan
Uczestnicy kursu
Antonio
Bruksela (Belgia)Próbowałem uczyć się kilku języków online, ale szybko się zniechęcałem, bo albo kurs był za bardzo komunikacyjny, albo też za bardzo ‘tradycyjny’. Polskiego nie miałem możliwości uczyć się inaczej jak tylko online, więc bez przekonania, ale zarejestrowałem się na kurs na e-polish.eu. Ku mojemu zdziwieniu, tutaj po raz pierwszy spotykam się z kursem, gdzie metodzie komunikacyjnej towarzyszy rzetelny komentarz gramatyczny. Na początku kursu sięgałem do niego dość często, teraz przekonałem się że materiał jest tak fantastycznie przygotowany, iż jest to zbędne. Faktycznie uczę się teraz czysto komunikacyjnie!