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Jizzo T. Clown
Joined: 27 Mar 2006
Location: at my wit's end
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 Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject: Another High School Lesson Question |
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I was mulling over the idea of simply buying a beginner-level pronunciation book for the technical high school where I'll be teaching.
Has anyone tried a "pronunciation-only" approach? It seems that might be the way to go since the students are (according to the FT already working there) very low-level learners.
Any thoughts or book recommendations? |
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Zark
Joined: 12 May 2003
Location: Phuket, Thailand: Look into my eyes . . .
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: Another High School Lesson Question |
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| Jizzo T. Clown wrote: |
Has anyone tried a "pronunciation-only" approach? It seems that might be the way to go since the students are (according to the FT already working there) very low-level learners. |
Pronunciation alone - just like grammar alone - won't produce much of anything useful. And even grammar and pronunciation without some confidence and fluency and vocabulary - won't be very useful either.
Your students will need the whole package and every lesson should have a bit of each.
Keep it simple and fun and don't expect them to become fluent in one short semester. |
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kimchi story
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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| I agree with Zark, but I think the idea of picking up extra pronunciation books isn't a bad idea as a supplement. One of my coteachers loaned me her copy of the BCM Pronounce It Right Workbook and I use it to supplement the pronunciation part of my lessons. It gives me consonant sets to work on, as well as great example sentences and lists of minimal pairs. If I were you I'd wait 'till I got here and then head to Kim and Johnson's in Gangnam. |
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ddeubel
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