Teacher Discussion Forums

Pax et bonum all!

I am an adult educator, and am looking for information or opinions on ways to teach pronunciation. I recently read a book on linguistics that listed the several ways in which sounds are created, such as 'labio-dental' and the like, but I cannot find the entire list. Does anyone know where I can find this info.

Also, is there info on particular exercises for specific language groups, such as Vietnamese learners of English, whom seem to have a considerable problem speaking English?

Thanks a bunch!

You might also be interested in reading some of the posts in the Pronunciation Forum in this list.

Messenger,

You don't make it clear what you do as an "adult eduator", but I assume from your post that you are teaching English in Vietnam. What training do you have?

Type IPA or International Phonetic Association in a search engine and you should get everything on phonetics.

If you want to limit it to English I suggest reading "Sound foundations by Adrian Underhill. Use the chart. I wouldn't recommend using all the activities, though. Just what you need.

I teach Poles and find that I can teach the open and closed vowels by putting the fingers and thumbs of my hands together to form a ring which I can deform appropiately, and by running my finger across my front teeth and saying, "Your tongue goes here," for the "th" sounds.

The Vietnamese are the largest non-Polish ethnic group in Poland, but I'm afraid I've only ever taught one Vietnamese student and that was for a cover lesson. I do remember, however that she had a lot of pronounciation problems. I do actually come across quite a lot of Vietnamese as they often work as market traders where I live, but I haven't come across any that speak English yet.

dvbxxfbfxcb fncfgn cgn

[read a book written by Gorge Yulr called "the study of language"