water rat
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 Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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I've actually been to one conference, and I even presented.
Back at my school, a British Council no less, I noticed the teachers had no knowledge of pronunciation or how to teach it. The little pronunciation boxes in each chapter were just the right size for a Post-it note it seemed.
Occasionally (several times a week), I would cover for a sick teacher, sometimes peeling off the Post-it notes and teaching some pronunciation. I soon decided to have a Post-it note amnesty and held two pronunciation workshops for the teachers. It was basic stuff such as the phonemic chart, word and sentence stress and the shocking revelation that teachers are rubbish judges of pronunciation because they are so accustomed to poor English.
Word got round of this, and I was invited to a conference in Ouarzazate, Morocco. The brochure looked nice, the hotel had a bar and it was a few days less of my life spent in Casablanca.
As expected, my presentation was rubbish. The Moroccans thought I was teaching them how to pronounce properly and not how to teach it. None of them knew what the phonemic chart was and one walked out when I said teachers are rubbish judges of pronunciation. At least that’s what I thought she said. Maybe she forgot her Post-it notes. A few others asked for my contact details and offered to buy me a beer. OK, I made up that last bit. They asked me to buy them beer.
It was an enjoyable experience with a trip to the film studios, more beer and I met a camel. As for the presentations, all garbage including mine, but at least mine was loosely related to teaching and not trying to make myself look good (failed). |
Don't believe you. Prove it. What was said camel's name? |
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