Search found 5 matches
- Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:40 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: Adrian Underhill's interactive phonemic / IPA chart!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15129
I recently discovered that the American English scholars use more than one phonemic/phonetic script. They aren't unified upon on chart like the Brits are on Underhill's chart. For example some American scripts will use /j/ for a 'y' sound and others will use /y/. Then when you get into the vowels an...
- Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:47 am
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: Adrian Underhill's interactive phonemic / IPA chart!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15129
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:03 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: What's the best phonemic chart/phonetic symbols poster?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7454
What's the best phonemic chart/phonetic symbols poster?
I remember on my CELTA days seeing a number of nice looking posters to help students (and teachers, i.e. me!) learn the phonemic script/phonetic symbols. I would like to order some for my classrooms. However, when I check online, like Amazon, I often get "image not available" messages. And I'd rathe...
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:50 pm
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Justifying not starting with the alphabet
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2366
If your employer is trying to justify not teaching the alphabet, phonics etc to customers (Saudi?) who are asking for help with those things, then he is obviously missing a business opportunity, and should invest in appropriate supplementary materials and training ASAP. I think it was more an assum...
- Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:46 pm
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Justifying not starting with the alphabet
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2366
Justifying not starting with the alphabet
My employer has asked me to write him a short explanation justifying why starter editions of books like Headway and Cutting Edge don't begin with teaching the alphabet but start on functional language like introductions and "this is ...", "What's that?", etc. I've never actually read the reasoning b...