The Evolution of English Pronunciation

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So many teachers feel they can't teach pronunciation if their speech doesn't sound a certain way. Listen to this episode to discover why that isn't true. 

Robin Walker and Gemma Archer are pronunciation specialists who co-authored "Teaching English Pronunciation for a Global World," which aims to encourage pronunciation instruction from a lingua franca and intelligibility perspective. 

We chat with Robin & Gemma about:

• intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness
• why the Lingua Franca Core is what teachers should learn
• their disdain for Jennifer Jenkins' criticism of them - before realizing she was right
• how intelligibility is the thing that allows pronunciation to do its job
• weak forms and why they're not necessary for intelligibility 
• why the goal of international intelligibility doesn't exclude other goals
• how to measure intelligibility & use Linca Franca Core diagnostics with your students

Grab their book here. 

For more from Gemma:

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2. The Scottish Sound School

For more from Robin:

1. Follow him on LinkedIn

2. His website - Englishglobal.com

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