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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

RHYTHM FIRST (new) pronunciation teaching technique: Haptic Side Step!

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Full disclosure: the following post includes explicit, dance and intrapersonal touching, something of a follow up to two recent posts: Wh...
Monday, January 6, 2020

What mouse circadian memory should remind us of (in recalling pronunciation or anything learned earlier)

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Mystery partially solved. In doing research on homework efficiency and compliance in pronunciation teaching, something I had never taken all...
Friday, December 27, 2019

Drawing on drawing to enhance learning of sounds and pronunciation

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About 40 years ago, in working with dyslexia in the family, specifically elementary school reading and spelling tests, we stumbled onto the ...
Sunday, November 3, 2019

Full-body and voice burn out prevention workshop for language teachers!

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Clker.com If you will be at BCTEAL regional conference on 11/16 , please join Angelina Van Dyke and me for the "Full-body and voic...
Sunday, October 6, 2019

Glutin' your way to better pronunciation!

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This is the second of a series of posts introducing and exploring aspects of the new (RHYTHM-FIRST) v 5.0 haptic approach to pronunciation t...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

The Schrödinger's Cat(ch) of Pronunciation Teaching

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Clker.com Bottom line: It’s almost impossible to LOVE pronunciation teaching unless you have seen or heard or had it done to you. And i...
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Sunday, September 1, 2019

To gesture or not to gesture (to provide spontaneous correction in language teaching) Part 1

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A new study by Nakatsukasa (2019) demonstrates that using simple gesture to correct grammar (use of the 'ed' past tense) may not wor...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Why rhythm comes first in pronunciation teaching (Haptic Pronunciation Teaching Tip 63 or so!)

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Rhythm, stress and intonation. There are, of course, phonaesthetic explanations  as to why we list those concepts in that order, including h...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Next Advanced Hapticinar (haptic pronunciation teaching webinar)!

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The next advanced webinar will be on August 8th, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. (PST).  Familiarity with haptic pronunciation teaching (HaPT) is  requi...
Monday, July 1, 2019

Grasping (and reaching for) pronunciation together improves memory!

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There are countless studies demonstrating how under certain conditions repeating a word out loud enhances memory for it ( e.g., Sciencedaily...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

Pronunciation work driving you crazy? Could be "pronunciosis"!

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Clker.com Tigger warning*: This post is more "pro-fun" than profound . . . (What I like to refer to as a 3-beet piece!) The ...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Anchoring L2 pragmatics (language use and context) with touch and prosody

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New article just published with Burri and Baker, Proposing a haptic approach to facilitating L2 learners’ pragmatic competence . This piece ...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Standing up for pronunciation teaching:12 rules

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Clker.com Reading (and thoroughly enjoying) Jordan Peterson's recent 2018 book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote for Chaos . Although ...
Monday, May 20, 2019

Killing pronunciation 11: Ortho-phon-a-phobia

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Number 11 in the "Killing Pronunciation" series of blogposts. Clker.com Ortho-phon-a-phobia or OPP, fear of correcting or co...
Saturday, May 11, 2019

Resistance to effective (pronunciation) teaching

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Clker.com And another reason why good drill "works!" If there is a bottom line to (at least haptic pronunciation) teaching, ...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

50+ ways to touch on and remember better pronunciation

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Fascinating study by Hutmacher and Kuhbandner of the University of Regensburg   (summarized by ScienceDaily.com) that helps us better under...
Monday, April 8, 2019

New Syllablettes Chorus Line at BC TEAL Conference!

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This Friday (April 12th) at 3:30 at the   BCTEAL conference   at Langara College, BC, we'll roll out the 2019 version of the Syllablette...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

Under (or between) cover pronunciation teaching: CHIP

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Clker.com Here is an instructive tale, describing a situation that may actually be becoming even more common, ironically, as textbooks ...
Monday, March 18, 2019

TESOL 2019 Report - from a haptic perspective!

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Every year after attending the TESOL convention, I do a slightly tongue in cheek report back to my program and friends. Here are some excerp...
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Dr Bill's Vowel and Consonant Repair Shop at the 2019 TESOL Convention!

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If you are going to be in Atlanta for the 2019 Convention next week, stop by the Trinity Western University booth in the exhibition area t...
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