Talks seminars and workshops

I give talks and seminars about the teaching of listening and pronunciation, and on all aspects of the nature of spontaneous speech. Suitable for all levels of teacher training, including university lecturers.

Talks and workshops 2018

IATEFL PronSIG Chester 17th February 2018 – Plenary
 

 
 
Click on the image to the left to see my presentation.

 

IATEFL PronSIG Chester 17th February 2018 – Workshop
 

 
 
I also ran a workshop. Click on the image on the left to see my handout.
 

9th April 2018 IATEFL Conference, Brighton Pre-Conference Event
 
Training Teachers to Deal with Authentic Recordings

Increasingly, course books and teacher-prepared materials feature the use of authentic recordings. These recordings contain spontaneous speech phenomena, such as fast speeds and words crushed out of shape (not just ‘weak forms’). Our traditional metalanguage for describing speech (‘stress-timed’, ‘Wh- questions have …’, ‘nuclear stress falls on…’) is inadequate to cope with these recordings. I shall introduce new terms (metalanguage) which will help teachers to both (a) describe spontaneous speech phenomena and (b) prepare materials for the classroom.

 
NATECLA Birmingham 6th/7th July 2018 – Workshop

To teach listening, walk the talk.

UCL Summer School 16th August 2018 – Lecture
 
More information soon.