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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE PAST CHAIR |
| Beth Sheppard, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Veronica G. Sardegna, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITOR |
| Suzanne Franks, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA |
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| ARTICLES |
| REPEAT AFTER ME |
| Tamara Jones, Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland, USA |
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Choral repetitions in communicative lessons may initially
appear counterintuitive. However, recent years have witnessed the
cautious return to deliberate, quality choral repetition in ESL and EFL
classrooms to the benefit of learners. Teachers can integrate choral
repetition in fun ways that focus students’ attention and encourage
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| TEACHING THE VOWEL SPACE WITH THE METAPHOR OF THE VOWEL ELEVATOR |
| Nancy C. Elliott, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA |
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The mouth is a multifloor building, and the tongue is a series
of elevators that move from floor to floor. This metaphor can be a
useful tool for helping learners and preservice teachers to visualize
the vowel space and practice accurate vowel pronunciation while
utilizing several sensory channels to enhance learning. Read More |
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| ENGLISH ACCENT COACH |
| Beth Sheppard, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA |
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English Accent Coach (EAC) is an online tool for pronunciation
created by Ron Thomson of Brock University in Ontario. It’s been online
since 2012, but I just began assigning it to my students this year. I
use the website
version. A subset of the functions is also available in an
iPhone app. Read More |
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