Category Archives: Pronunciation

Minimal pairs for Japanese learners of English

Posted on 25/11/2011 by alexcase

I haven’t done lists of all of these yet (there are links to the ones I have), some might not have any actual minimal pairs in English, and I also realise that some of these are not things that would … Continue reading →

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Teaching pronunciation

Posted on 02/06/2011 by alexcase

When updating my list of publications I was surprised to find that I’ve written 15 articles on the topic over the years, and here they are, together for the first time: Articles on teaching pronunciation

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Bringing pronunciation work into the Business English classroom

Posted on 01/06/2011 by alexcase

A piece of mine that was published long long ago in English Teaching Professional, and then later re-published on Onestopenglish: As pronunciation work has become a standard part of every EFL textbook, the Business English part of teaching seems to … Continue reading →

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New ELTarticles May 2011

Posted on 27/05/2011 by alexcase

That’s “English Language Teaching articles” and pronounced “ee el tartikulz”, in case your not up to date with the latest TEFL lingo. Teaching those dreaded “benefit classes” Teaching contractions (that’s I’m, you’ve etc, so no connection to pregnancy) 10 time expressions … Continue reading →

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Collocations and pronunciation

Posted on 14/05/2011 by alexcase

As I was writing those typically TEFLtastic articles of game ideas that I was recently on the topic of pronunciation, I suddenly had what seems to be an original idea. As that is not like me at all, will be … Continue reading →

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Minimal pairs and what to do with them

Posted on 09/05/2011 by alexcase

There’s a lot of minimal pair stuff out there but a lot of it is badly graded and/ or repetitive, so I’ve come up with some very big lists of minimal pairs divided by level for you to select from … Continue reading →

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Homophones bonanza!

Posted on 19/03/2011 by alexcase

While the rest of you have been wasting your time on the rolling no news services about Japan, I’ve been busy doing everything one can possibly do with homophones. Amazing what avoiding the TV can do for one’s productivity! Here … Continue reading →

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Born to TEFL Part Two – The phonemic script

Posted on 04/03/2011 by alexcase

After scraping through the end of year exams in the first year of university (43%!), I decided that going to lectures might actually serve some purpose. It also occurred to me that if I didn’t want to spend most of … Continue reading →

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New EFL articles November 2010

Posted on 25/11/2010 by alexcase

As I am currently between jobs, the top articles are to make the rest of you unemployed too by making students suddenly realise how much they can do with conversation exchanges or self-study instead! Articles for students Activities for conversation … Continue reading →

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Pronunciation in Business English Classes

Posted on 22/10/2010 by alexcase

I do a fair bit of this in my classes, which might be another reason why I get away with games in Biz classes and little error correction generally. Was writing a whole book proposal on the topic at some point, … Continue reading →

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