Διαβάστε το άρθρο

Maria Makra and George Tsioumanis  interview Elana Shohamy

Read More...

Language teachers are often afraid of teaching pronunciation, but not always for good reasons. People think pronunciation teaching is the same thing accent training, about getting rid of an ugly accent and replacing it with a beautiful one. We take prejudices about accent from society at large and we import them into our profession, even though they have absolutely no relevance to intercultural communication. Here are a selection of the kind of pronunciation myths I am referring to:

“Our aim is to help learners to sound like native speakers.”

Καθώς η διδασκαλία και η εκμάθηση εξακολουθούν να προσαρμόζονται στις συνεχώς μεταβαλλόμενες συνθήκες, θέλουμε οι καθηγητές, οι μαθητές και οι γονείς τους να αισθάνονται ότι είμαστε δίπλα τους.

Spring ’23 Cyprus International Publishers Exhibition

Saturday, 11 March 2023  09:00-17:00

Semeli Hotel

After two years of isolation and only online events, the time to meet in person has come. A new venue - the Semeli Hotel - will stage the Spring ’23 Cyprus International Publishers Exhibition on Saturday, 11th of March 2023.

Publishers & examination boards will present innovative products they developed during the Covid-19 pandemic to bring a fresh air in class and online.

I hate learning a language!              

ANSWER:  Obviously, young learners in pre-primary and primary levels will feel inclined to speak to you in their mother tongue.  What we need to do as language teachers is to create an English-speaking environment in class.  One of the best ways to keep English as the official language of the class is to interject, throughout the lesson--before, after and in-between planned activities-- short and catchy rhymes and chants that will involve the children in listening, miming, speaking and rhythmic clapping. 

Συνηθίζουμε να λέμε πως μία εικόνα ισούται με χίλιες λέξεις. Με πόσες όμως λέξεις ισούνται 9,2 εκατομμύρια δολάρια; Με μόλις τρείς! Τρανό παράδειγμα το πασίγνωστο σλόγκαν Just Do It της εταιρείας Nike η οποία το 1988 και μέσα σε μόλις ένα χρόνο κατάφερε να αυξήσει τις πωλήσεις της παγκοσμίως κατά 25%. Ένα σλόγκαν αποτελεί αναπόσπαστο κομμάτι της εταιρικής σας ταυτότητας και επικοινωνίας και όχι τυχαία, καθώς μέσα σε ελάχιστες γραμμές μπορείτε να αναδείξετε, να ενισχύσετε και να ανανεώσετε το branding και το μάρκετινγκ της επιχείρησής σας.

Project Image: 

ANSWER:  "Listen for a bit and jot down notes" is an easy and light supplementary activity,  which could well become a ritual in your f2f or online lesson.  This activity, appropriate for upper-intermediate and above, requires intensive listening and note-taking.