Take the musical track to pronunciation by Charles Goodger

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ELT MOOC by Jason R. Levine on WiziQ. This is a professional development massive Open Online Course in listening and pronunciation techniques. MOOC team organisers: Dr. Nellie Deutsch Sylvia Guinan

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Take the musical track to correct English pronunciation!

Charles Goodger, FunSongs Education

Charles Goodger, FunSongs Education

Webinar Overview

1. Action songs as learning tools

2. Music and Language3. Which native-speaker accent?4. Teaching pronunciation through action songs

Action Songs as learning tools. Key characteristics:

Catchy, earworm tunes

Strong rhythms

Useful words and structuresMeaningful Teaching

actionsGraded worksheets

Charles Goodger, FunSongs Education

Meaning in soundNotes in a tune Phonemes in a sound

chunk

H2O is waterIn the stormy sea

H2O is waterPart of you and me

Charles Goodger, FunSongs Education

Received Pronunciation?

General American?

or none of the above. . ?

Charles Goodger, FunSongs Education

Charles Goodger, FunSongs Education

Comfortableintelligibility

Charles Goodger, FunSongs Education