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Podoliak, Esther – TESL Talk, 1982
Suggests a long-term approach to spelling that uses pronunciation symbols and involves the cooperation of different teachers the students will have at one school. System involves writing words on cards under symbols for a certain sound. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Pronunciation Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Spelling
McNerney, Maureen; Mendelsohn, David – TESL Talk, 1987
Provides a set of priorities and learning activities for a short-term English as a second language pronunciation course. These include: stress/unstress, major sentence stress, intonation, and linking and pausing. (CB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Intonation, Learning Activities, Pronunciation Instruction
Firth, Suzanne – TESL Talk, 1987
Successful pronunciation of English as a second language can be influenced by the instructor's use of self-correcting and self-monitoring techniques which involve student motivation, adequate explanations, practice, and feedback. (CB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), English (Second Language), Individualized Instruction, Learning Strategies
Mendelson-Burns, Ilsa – TESL Talk, 1987
Ways in which pronunciation of English as a second language can be taught through listening are presented, involving such activities as: identification tasks; minimal pair sentence tasks; inference, word counting, and dictation tasks; and stress and intonation tasks. (CB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dictation, English (Second Language), Learning Activities
Naiman, Neil – TESL Talk, 1987
The communicative approach used in the teaching of second languages is also effective in teaching pronunciation of English as a second language. Communicative principles and activities in the areas of consonants and vowels, contractions, recued expressions and linking, suprasegmentals, and monitoring are discussed. (CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Consonants, English (Second Language), Language Fluency
Archibald, John – TESL Talk, 1987
Drama can act as a bridge between the classroom and the real world in teaching students to communicate in a second language. Teaching techniques using drama to help improve students' pronunciation of English as a second language are described, as they relate to articulation, pitch, volume, rate, and variety. (CB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Communicative Competence (Languages), Dramatic Play, English (Second Language)
Jull, Douglas – TESL Talk, 1987
Provides an inventory of traditional techniques used in the teaching of pronunciation of English as a second language. Most of the techniques are production-oriented, for their purpose is to improve production of spoken English. (CB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), English (Second Language), Intonation, Language Fluency
Avery, Peter; And Others – TESL Talk, 1987
Reviews common pronunciation problems experienced by learners of English as a second language who are native speakers of Vietnamese, Cantonese, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Greek, and Punjabi. (CB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Cantonese, Consonants, English (Second Language)
