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Welcome to TeachingEnglish: How to teach pronunciation

How will the course help you?

Increase your understanding of phonology and your ability to support learners with effective pronunciation activities in the classroom.

What does the course include?

How to teach pronunciation is a free self-study training course, which is divided into three hour modules. It also includes:

  • A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative ideas for you to try out.
  • Engaging discussions taking place in the Facebook community
  • Live events with your course tutor and language teaching experts.
  • A free workbook with extra learning content and resources.

What will you learn?

Module 1: Understanding pronunciation

The aim of this module is to explore the sound system of English and the way sounds function within it. The module also looks at how to describe the key aspects of pronunciation and relate these to the teaching of pronunciation.

By the end of the first unit of this module, you will be able to:

-explain the key concepts used in describing the different elements of pronunciation
-recognise sounds and phonemes, with the help of the British Council's phonemic chart

Module 2: Engaging with pronunciation – individual sounds

The aim of this module is to help you to prevent and correct your students' individual sound problems that are relevant to your own context. You will experience and evaluate a range of activities designed to practise problematic sounds.

By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

-identify the individual sounds of English that are most difficult for your learners to pronounce
-use a range of activities to give your learners practise in pronouncing problematic individual sounds
-use effective techniques to prevent poor pronunciation of individual sounds from developing
-use effective techniques to correct mispronunciation of individual sounds.

Module 3: Engaging with pronunciation – techniques and activities

The aim of this module is for you to understand how to integrate pronunciation practice in the classroom. The module looks at various aspects of pronunciation including stress, intonation and features of connected speech. You'll experience and evaluate activities, and plan how to integrate pronunciation activities with other aspects of language learning.

By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

- identify features of connected speech
- describe techniques to raise learners’ awareness of aspects of pronunciation
- integrate pronunciation activities with other aspects of language learning.

When is the course?

Enrolment for How to teach pronunciation is now closed. Find resources connected to the course contents on this page, and sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.

How much does the course cost?

The course is free.

How can you get a certificate?

You will receive a certificate if you successfully complete all self-study modules.

What level of English do I need?

Minimum CEFR B1

What can I do next?

If you're interested in learning more about teaching pronunciation, you can:

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Submitted by baumekaterina on Fri, 09/01/2023 - 07:22

Hello!

I see many people here face the same problem as me. I can't access my course in progress. Is it possible to do anything about it or is it closed for good?

Thanks in advance for any information!

Submitted by Paul Braddock on Fri, 09/01/2023 - 09:19

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Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

Submitted by Atmane on Fri, 09/01/2023 - 05:12

I'm enrolled in this course and can't access to it and finish the last module. The button Portfolio doesn't appear.

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Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

Submitted by Jennie on Fri, 09/01/2023 - 01:27

Hello,

I enrolled the course and already got confirmation email.
But today (01 Sep.) I do not see "My learning" button to start the course.
Please kindly support.

Thank you.

Thank you for letting us know you are having problems accessing your training. We are having some technical issues and your access to your course was removed. I confirm I have reactivated your enrolment. You can now log in and access your training by clicking on 'My Portfolio' > My courses.

Best wishes

Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

Submitted by Nikiii on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 17:20

Hello I enrolled a few weeks ago and was going to start the course tomorrow.
I can't seem to find the option to start it though. Where do I look for it? Thanks

Thank you for letting us know you are having problems accessing your training. We are having some technical issues and your access to your course was removed. I confirm I have reactivated your enrolment. You can now log in and access your training by clicking on 'My Portfolio' > My courses.

Best wishes

Paul 

Submitted by peterwardle482 on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 14:40

I was enrolled and still had time to complete can you re-activate for me please

Submitted by Paul Braddock on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 15:55

Thank you for letting us know you are having problems accessing your training. We are having some technical issues and your access to your course was removed. I confirm I have reactivated your enrolment. You can now log in and access your training by clicking on 'My Portfolio' > My courses.

Best wishes

Paul 

Submitted by Septiana Tri W… on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 14:28

Hi, I'm on my last module but I can't find the "My Learning" button to access it again. Could you reactivate my enrolment, please? Thanks!

Thank you for letting us know you are having problems accessing your training. We are having some technical issues and your access to your course was removed. I confirm I have reactivated your enrolment. You can now log in and access your training by clicking on 'My Portfolio' > My courses.

Best wishes

Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

Submitted by Катасонова Тетяна on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 12:28

Hi. I can't finish the last module of the course. I enrolled on the 24th of August and got the notification that the course will be accessible till the 20th of September.

Thank you for letting us know. We are having some technical issues and your access to your course was removed. I confirm I have reactivated your enrolment. You can now log in and access your training by clicking on 'My Portfolio' > My courses.

Best wishes

Paul 

Submitted by bitapadiav on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 07:09

Hello,
I'm not getting any option to click on and continue my course. Where can I find it?

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Paul 

Submitted by rabab atteya A… on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 07:09

I'm not getting any option to click on and continue my course. Plz help!

Submitted by Paul Braddock on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 08:37

Thank you for letting us know. I confirm I have reactivated your enrolment. You can now log in and access your training by clicking on 'My Portfolio' > My courses.

Best wishes

Paul 

Submitted by A. Haripriya on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 06:43

I have gone through all the units. I have read the pdfs and downloaded. even after this, the status is not changing as complete in the portfolio. Please help me.

Submitted by vane23r on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 00:00

I enrolled in this course last week and now I cannot access it. I received an email stating I have access until 4th September. Could you please let me know how to proceed? Thank you.

Thank you for letting us know. I confirm I have reactivated your enrolment. You can now log in and access your training by clicking on 'My Portfolio' > My courses.

Best wishes

Paul 

Dear Mariana

Thank you for letting us know. I confirm I have reactivated your enrolment. You can now log in and access your training by clicking on 'My Portfolio' > My courses.

Best wishes

Paul 

Submitted by Paul Braddock on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 08:21

Thank you for letting us know. I confirm I have reactivated your enrolment. You can now log in and access your training by clicking on 'My Portfolio' > My courses.

Best wishes

Paul 

Submitted by Hussein Adel K… on Sun, 08/27/2023 - 16:43

I cannot register for this course.

Submitted by MNic on Fri, 08/25/2023 - 16:46

Hello, I've just finished all 3 modules from the workbook, The question is - where to take the test online for getting a certificate?
Maria.

Hi Maria

You need to enrol on the course and complete the modules on our training platform. The workbook is a guide to the course but the content of the course needs to be completed before you can receive a certificate. 

Thanks

Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

Hi @miss mai,

The content of the course on the learning site is self access, you can register here https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/training/teachingenglish-how-teach-pronunciation - to complete the course you need to do all the activities and the quizzes.  You can get a certificate if you do that.   Our tutors guide the course participants on our course community page https://www.facebook.com/groups/coursesforteachers, which you can apply to join. Hope to see you there!

Anne

TeachingEnglish team  

Submitted by Joanita on Fri, 08/18/2023 - 12:25

Hello,

I wanted to know if links for the articles and videos in the workbook will be available and operative after the duration of the course in case I want to refer to them at a later stage.
Thank you for the wonderful course.
Joanita

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 08/20/2023 - 17:17

Hi Ayamahmoud79, 

To enrol on this course, you need to follow the instructions above. Once you have created and logged into your TeachingEnglish account, you need to click on https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/ExploreProgrammes Then click on this course and "enrol in activity".

The next time you log in, you should be able to see the "MY PORTFOLIO - My courses" tab. Let us know if you are still having problems.

Best regards,

Anne

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by EaintHmue Kyaw on Tue, 08/29/2023 - 15:46

Hello...
I want to know about the enrolment of this course. Do I always have to go back to enroll every time I continue the practice?
I have done Module 1 Unit 1 but can't do it tonight. I know I should be able to do it by Monday the 4th, but I don't know where to go to continue tonight. Please guide me, can I continue?
Sincerely,
EaintHmue

Submitted by FionaM on Wed, 08/16/2023 - 09:16

Hi, I enrolled for this course and completed the Introduction module yesterday but when I have come to log on today I can't see it. I also don't think I've ever seen 'My Portfolio. How do I access the course and pick up where I left off?

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