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Digital Identity Research and Pronunciation Teaching

Monday, May 30, 2011

Is it "the drill" or "the thrill" in pronunciation learning?

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Clip art: Clker Apparently it is the latter--when it comes to efficient learning in young children. In a remarkable study by Medina, Tr...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Experiential pronunciation learning

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Probably the best model for understanding how haptic-integrated pronunciation work should work is Kolb's (1984) "experiential lear...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Touching memories

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The nature of our memory for touch is apparently quite different from that of movement. The summary of the study linked above notes that, ...
Monday, May 16, 2011

Learning with students

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One of the key principles of HIPoeces methodology is that, in a very real sense, instructors must learn the system   along with their studen...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

Optic visuality versus haptic dance

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An interesting distinction coming from the art world that captures something of what we attempt to achieve with haptic integration. In ...
Thursday, May 12, 2011

Learning of haptic Icons

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This study by Swerdfeger (2009) investigates the impact of rhythm and "melody" on learning of haptic icons. Haptic icons are touch...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Potential Hapticnical terms

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HapticTalk  Hapticophile Haptictyte Hapticmite Hapticons                                         Hapticophant Hapticians                    ...
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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Integrated Pronunciation Teaching

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An interesting piece by Bainbridge and O'Shea (2010) on integrating pronunciation instruction in communicative work. Although it is not ...
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

The body "hexis"

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Not entirely sure what Bourdieu meant by "body hexis" yet, but I like it! And will unpack more of it in subsequent posts: " ....
Thursday, April 28, 2011

Boleslavsky on the actor

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This from Boleslavsky's 1933 book, "The actor is usually word shy and inarticulate.Often he does not know what he does or how he do...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Synesthesia and cross-modal interaction

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Several posts have focused on the importance of engaging all senses and modalities for optimal efficiency in pronunciation work. Research in...

Gesture in pronunciation teaching

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The paper linked above, by Adam Brown, does a nice job of identifying the typical gestures used in (even moderately kinesthetic) pronunciati...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Multi-tasking puts multiple-modality learning on ice!

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Research in training athletes revealed long ago just how critical it is that learners are able focus on only "one task at a time,"...
Friday, April 22, 2011

Why we shouldn't forget: How multi-modal or multi-sensory techniques work . . . really!

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Common sense tells us that if we engage our visual, auditory, kinesthetic and tactile neural hardware simultaneously, we should be able to l...
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Initial hand position in goal-directed movement

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In a very relevant study, Khoshnoodi, M., Motiei-langroudi, R.,Omrani, M., Ghaderi-pakdell, F., and Abbassian, A. (2006) demonstrate the im...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

Arthur Lessac - Requiescat in pace

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Just received the following from Planaria Rice, " Arthur Lessac has just passed away. He was 101 and had just returned from Rijeka, Cro...
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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Essential, Haptically-Integrated English Pronunciation (EHIEP) 'ape' Teaching Workshop

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Here is a short description of the new training workshop that we are about to roll out this summer.  (Cost per participant will depend on h...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Pronunciation word lists ride again!

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Although a bit "retro" at face value, the previous post on the impact of patterning on sign language memory access ( http://www.sc...

Why a little stress in pronunciation work is maybe a good thing!

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Turns out that perhaps being in a good mood is bad for working memory! None would  accuse your average pronunciation lesson of being overly ...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Associating movement with sounds and words

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The research reported above examines the link between recall of words and signs in American Sign Language subjects. What was discovered was ...
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