Jo this is great, I look forward to it! Funny enough I had a student email me last week after a substitute teacher covered the class. The student requested a pronunciation lesson after the sub had mentioned to the student about their pronunciation development needs. From the email I was a bit concerned about my student's confidence and not surprisingly my student had had their confidence knocked. Fortunately I was prepared to discuss with the student situations such as who is to say what is the 'correct' way to pronounce words (think of bath and scone), plus regional dialects, etc) my recent linguistics studies can in handy during our chat! We also discussed there are more people speaking English as a Lingua Franca than native speakers. Plus, we revisted the student's main aims which include developing their English skills with other internationals, as a Lingua Franca. After the chat we did have a pronunciation lesson, the student enjoyed it, but also mentioned at the end that it isn't something they want to do regularly. It did get me thinking that I have put pronunciation quite far down on the list of priorities we my students, so this course has come at the right time! Teachers are as unique as students, I like to discuss with other teachers teaching methods such as corrections and of course each teacher has their own opinion! I am looking forward to this course and it will definitely be a well used in the tool box - keep up the great work Jo!
Hi Simon- thanks for the feedback. I think this is a really common problem for teachers (and learners) and I think that integrating more pron work through out classes is a great way forward (both for speaking and listening). Sign up to the Wait List (if you haven't already) for a special discount! elttraining.ck.page/0dd947884e
Jo this is great, I look forward to it! Funny enough I had a student email me last week after a substitute teacher covered the class. The student requested a pronunciation lesson after the sub had mentioned to the student about their pronunciation development needs. From the email I was a bit concerned about my student's confidence and not surprisingly my student had had their confidence knocked. Fortunately I was prepared to discuss with the student situations such as who is to say what is the 'correct' way to pronounce words (think of bath and scone), plus regional dialects, etc) my recent linguistics studies can in handy during our chat! We also discussed there are more people speaking English as a Lingua Franca than native speakers. Plus, we revisted the student's main aims which include developing their English skills with other internationals, as a Lingua Franca. After the chat we did have a pronunciation lesson, the student enjoyed it, but also mentioned at the end that it isn't something they want to do regularly. It did get me thinking that I have put pronunciation quite far down on the list of priorities we my students, so this course has come at the right time! Teachers are as unique as students, I like to discuss with other teachers teaching methods such as corrections and of course each teacher has their own opinion! I am looking forward to this course and it will definitely be a well used in the tool box - keep up the great work Jo!
Hi Simon- thanks for the feedback. I think this is a really common problem for teachers (and learners) and I think that integrating more pron work through out classes is a great way forward (both for speaking and listening). Sign up to the Wait List (if you haven't already) for a special discount! elttraining.ck.page/0dd947884e
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Hi dear Dr Jo,
I have sent an email to your last Sunday's newsletter via desktop.
Could u please kindly check my letter, thanks you.
Hi Fiona- I replied immediately- I’m so sorry if you didn’t get it… have you checked your Spam? Otherwise let me know and I’ll send it again 😀
SO this video is an advert for a course?
Yup! I'm launching it on Sunday so look out for it and sign up for the Wait List if you want an extra discount! elttraining.ck.page/0dd947884e
Fantastic! Good luck to all !