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Tag Archives: Karen Taylor de Caballero
Spelling deMYTHtified: 7 Insights for Language Teachers
Karen Taylor de Caballero
It’s been sent to you dozens of times by well-meaning friends and family. Perhaps you’ve forwarded it to folks in your own address book, or perhaps you’ve even developed a pronunciation lesson around it, as I did several years ago. … Continue reading
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Tagged as ESL spelling, evergreen, Karen Taylor de Caballero, pronunciation, speaking, spelling
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Pssslt! Here’s What You Should Know About the PSLLT Conference
Karen Taylor de Caballero
Each year, the annual TESOL Convention provides speaking-pronunciation-listening enthusiasts with dozens of opportunities to dig deeper and learn more about teaching oral/aural skills. Just browse through the Pre- and Postconvention Institutes for TESOL 2016, and you’ll see six sessions that … Continue reading
Pronunciation Teaching Charlatans: 5 Red Flags
Karen Taylor de Caballero
When was the last time you turned to the Internet to solve a problem or find an answer to a question? Minutes ago, right? Well, guess what: Our students are doing it too, and many of them are looking for … Continue reading
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Tagged as ESL listening, evergreen, Karen Taylor de Caballero, online learning, pronunciation, speech, teaching speaking
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Pronunciation Perspectives Part 2: A Video Conversation with Tracey Derwing
Karen Taylor de Caballero
In a recent post, I shared portions of my video interview with Dr. Tracey Derwing, coauthor of Pronunciation Fundamentals: Evidence-Based Perspectives for L2 Teaching and Research (Derwing & Munro, 2015). Here, I bring you more from that interview, focusing on … Continue reading
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Tagged as accent variation, accents, evergreen, Karen Taylor de Caballero, pronunciation
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Pronunciation Perspectives: A Video Conversation With Tracey Derwing
Karen Taylor de Caballero
Move over, Perfection—there’s a better, smarter game in town for pronunciation teaching. Starring twin hitters Intelligibility and Comprehensibility, and it’s all about evidence-based instruction and the listener-speaker dynamic. You see, I recently had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Tracey … Continue reading
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Tagged as evergreen, Karen Taylor de Caballero, listening, pronunciation, second language pronunciation
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Readers Theater: A Superfood for Oral Skills
Karen Taylor de Caballero
When it comes to preparing courses and lessons, we all know we need to provide learners with a healthy diet of nutritious classroom activities that promote practice, improvement, and achievement. In this sense, Readers Theater (RT) is a superfood, an activity chock … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom activity, classroom practice, evergreen, Karen Taylor de Caballero, pronunciation, readers theater, reading activity
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Eyes vs. Ears: The Problem of Vowels
Karen Taylor de Caballero
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a piece about how our eyes play tricks on our ears. We experienced the McGurk Effect and we listened to “Obama’s Elf,” and I believe most of us had fun realizing that no … Continue reading
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Tagged as evergreen, Karen Taylor de Caballero, pronunciation, second language pronunciation, SPL, vowels
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House Wheat This Hound!: The Problem of Listening
Karen Taylor de Caballero
If you’re baffled by the title, don’t fret: “House Wheat This Hound!” means nothing in its printed form. When said out loud, however, a listener can find meaning: How sweet the sound! Here’s what’s interesting: the listener must be a … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom practice, dictogloss, ESL listening, evergreen, grammar dictation, Karen Taylor de Caballero, listening, pronunciation
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