Teacher development course

Certificate in Teaching Pronunciation

Who is this course for?

Improving pronunciation is often crucial for students wishing to communicate effectively in English, but teachers often lack confidence in this area which tends to be neglected in training courses and teaching materials. This course is aimed at teachers who would like to improve their knowledge, practical classroom skills in teaching pronunciation.

What will you learn?

This course covers a range of areas related to to help you gain a deeper understanding of how to teach pronunciation in an ELT context, including:

Sounds in words
Review of phonology
Vowels and consonants
Word stress
Sounds in sentences
Connected speech

Sentence stress
Intonation
Teaching tools & skills
Evaluating and designing teaching materials
Assessing pronunciation
English as a global language & pronunciation

How will this course help you develop?

As well as giving you a thorough background knowledge on all areas of phonology it will help you integrate pronunciation into your lessons in a more natural, effective way. Even if you already have some experience, this course will make you an expert in this area and you will be equipped to lead training sessions on pronunciation and help other developing teachers around you to improve how they teach pronunciation. You will also feel more confident about designing your own materials and activities to teach pronunciation.

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Course tutor

As a participant of this course, you will receive personalised guidance from Mark McKinnon.

How can you take this course?

Online one to one course

Flexible – study over 3 or 6 weeks
30 hours
Personalised attention from an expert tutor
Feedback on tasks and live tutorials

Testimonials

"I found it very useful and would recommend it to any EFL/ESL teacher that wants to improve their pronunciation teaching skills."

"A quality professional course, packed full of up to date research and info from top linguists in the field."

"The Pronunciation Course was very helpful and has provided a good direction for my institute to take in terms of incorporating pronunciation into the classroom more effectively."