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regina · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 3

Hi, can any body help me with this question:
How to better teach adults pronunciation?

There's http://www.torono.info/esl with
"...The audio-lingual method (VISIBLE ARTICULATORY MOVEMENTS (VAM)) could help adults gain a quick practical command of a language...".
Does somebody know something about the method?

Lorikeet

regina · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 3

Hi, Lorikeet! Of course. I'm not native english. I'm russian and my teacher was russian.
I have the information about http://www.torono.info/esl from russian website http://www.vamlessons.boom.ru. Please, trust me, I'm not terrorist. Crying or Very sad

Lorikeet · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject:

Geez, I didn't say anything about terrorists; just about English. I wouldn't want to learn pronunciation from a website where the people can't write proper English.

regina · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 3

I`m sorry,Lorikeet. I misunderstand you. So, throw out the offer
from http://www.torono.info/esl and what next? How to teach adults pronunciation?

Pronunci · Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 23 Location: USA

Because adults can't hear some of the sounds so that they can't reproduce them. It will be very helpful for them to use visual clues like phonics to recall the correct pronunciation. Plus, phonics has been used by American Children to help them read English words out loud. You can Google on using phonics to teach pronunciation. I am sure that you will get many good information.