Pronunciation and storytelling: from phonemes to fluency
Gain essential skills to teach English pronunciation across a range of contexts with world-famous ELT specialist, Adrian Underhill.
From phonemes to fluency
Learn to effectively teach English pronunciation across a range of contexts. Once you have solidified this as a foundation, the second part of the course focuses on extensive practice of pronunciation and the development of presentation skills through exploring the art of storytelling. This practical and inspiring course will support you to develop clarity, engagement and beauty in your spoken English and will provide you with the confidence and experience to apply this to your own practice.
At Bell Teacher Academy, you will be joining a global community of teachers. This fully-inclusive programme includes a series of workshops and talks related to current thinking and trends in the sector, and a full programme of social events for you to explore life and culture in the UK – outside of the classroom.
Course overview
On this course, you will:
- Develop awareness of different pronunciation features and how they can affect learners’ ability to comprehend and use English
- Learn new techniques and strategies for improving your students’ pronunciation
- Practise and experiment with new teaching techniques and activities in a safe and supportive environment
- Gain confidence in teaching English pronunciation
- Improve pronunciation and presentation skills
- Share ideas with teachers from around the world and build your own international teaching support network
Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for teachers, academic managers, director of studies, teacher trainers and materials writers, who are interested in improving their teaching of pronunciation skills or want to develop their use of storytelling as a learning tool. Participants must have a language level of Upper Intermediate (B2), at a minimum.
Topics covered:
Each course we run is tailored by our expert tutors to the professional needs and priorities of the participants so content may be adapted to best suit the needs of your group.
- Pronunciation at level of sounds, words and connected speech
- Sound Foundations phonemic chart
- Traditional storytelling
- On-the-spot improvisation
- Presentation skills
- Spontaneous speaking skills
- Continuous professional development
Sample timetable
Dates & locations
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