Teaching English Pronunciation at the Secondary School Level

This book aims to aid English teachers at the junior and senior secondary school levels in teaching pronunciation within a regular EFL syllabus. Moreover it presents a way of incorporating the phonetic and lexical components to facilitate the acquisition of a standard phonetic system and to prevent forming habitual mistakes in individual words. It provides examples of strategies how to use a course-book for the sake of teaching pronunciation.

Autorentext
Karolina Janczukowicz is an Assistant Professor at the University of Gdansk (Poland) in the Institute of English and American Studies. Her professional experience includes teaching literature and ELT methodology as well as directing amateur theatrical performances. Her particular interest concerns teaching pronunciation to secondary school students. This book is the result of her observations following both, the practical experience and academic research.

Inhalt
Contents: Phonetic transcription - Conscious vs. unconscious language acquisition - Teaching the phonetic system of English - Preventing habitual mispronunciations - Behavioural vs. mental learning - Sound to spelling relationship - Songs in teaching pronunciation - Public speaking and theatre performances in reversing habitual mispronunciations.