Dispelling Pronunciation Myths: Best Practices for Teachers

Description

Isn’t it a losing battle to try changing students’ fossilized pronunciation? Wouldn’t students make more progress if they just practiced more? Don’t you need to be a native speaker to teach pronunciation? Isn’t the best way to teach pronunciation having students listen and repeat? The field of pronunciation teaching abounds with myths that derive from lay beliefs about acquiring the sound system of a second language. Unfortunately, without adequate teacher preparation, teachers often buy into these myths and remain hesitant to teach pronunciation. In this webinar, Donna Brinton presents an overview of recent research in practical phonetics that helps to dispel some of the most popularly-held misconceptions about teaching pronunciation. Based on the research findings, she proposes best practices for ESL/EFL pronunciation teaching.

Presenter

Donna M. Brinton is an author and educational consultant in the field of Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. She has worked as a teacher educator in over 40 countries and is the co-author and co-editor of numerous professional volumes, including Teaching Pronunciation (Cambridge University Press). She is currently serving as the CATESOL TOP-IG Assistant Coordinator.