The elephant in the room The (taboo) question of a teacher’s English Higor Cavalcante – September 12, 2014 - Webinar
The Elephant in the Room - The Taboo Issue of a Teacher's English
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The elephant in the room
The (taboo) question of a teacherrsquos English
Higor Cavalcante ndash September 12 2014 - Webinar
Claims
bull Teachers of English need to study a lot of English
bull They donrsquot
bull Therefore the overall language level of Brazilian teachers is very low
bull ELT ignores thisbull Authors ignore this
bull Schools ignore this
bull Teachers ignore this
bull Native-speaking teachers thrive Students tend to prefer them
By the end of this talk wersquoll hopefully have
bull hellipdiscussed the unproblematized area of a teacherrsquos language skills
bull hellipwhy the area is unproblematized
bull hellipexamples of the lsquoelephant in the roomrsquo
bull hellipthe very little that is done
bull hellipwhat should be done by ELT
bull hellipwhat can (and should) be done by teachers
bull hellipwhat Irsquom doing and intend to do next
A quote to set us off
ldquo(hellip) among the consequences of (hellip) a limited knowledge of language are a failure on the part of the teacher to anticipate learnersrsquo learning problems and a consequent inability to plan lessons that are pitched at the right level (hellip) an inability to deal satisfactorily with errors or to field learnersrsquo queries and a general failure to earn the confidence of the learners due to a lack of basic terminology and ability to present new language clearly and efficientlyrdquo
Thornbury S (1997)
How about another one
bull ldquohellipPeople who are going to work with the language at an advanced level as teachers or researchers need the deeper understanding provided by the study of grammatical theory and related areas of linguisticsrdquo
Roach P (2007)
Just one more
ldquo (hellip)teachers need to know a lot about the subject they are teaching (the English language) (hellip) Language teachers need to know how the language works (hellip) a knowledge of the grammar system and understanding of the lexical system (hellip) They need to be aware of pronunciation features such as sounds stress and intonation He also says students have a right to expect that teachers of the English language can explain straightforward grammar concepts including how and when they are used They expect their teachers to know the difference between the colloquial language that people use in informal conversation and the more formal language required in more formal settingsrdquo
Harmer J (2007)
Ten things you might be saying wrong
bull 1 Open your books on page 20
bull 2 OK Timersquos over
bull 3 Do you want me to explain you the rule again
bull 4 Pay attention in the example
bull 5 Ask question four to Raul please
bull 6 Today wersquore going to discuss about politics
bull 7 These are slangs
bull 8 I gave you a homework last class didnrsquot I
bull 9 Are you with your studentsrsquo book
bull 10 Does anyone have any doubts
From wwwluizotaviobarroscom
Thatrsquos not itbull Some of the challenges of instructional discourse are pitching the
language at the right level reducing teacher talking time to an appropriate amount setting and checking instructions effectively etc This is what CELTA amp ICELT cover in their language component Instructional discourse presents itself as a problem for native and non-native teachers still and allThe point [Irsquom trying to make] is that LDT also refers to teachersrsquo communicative competence which is their grammatical knowledge of syntax morphology phonology and the like as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately And here yes I insist that there is very little out there
bull Moura H - CELTA tutor (personal communication)
Thatrsquos not it
bull ldquoAs someone whos had his hand dabbling in the business of hiring and training teachers I honestly have to confess that the number one issue I faced when hiring a teacher was lack of command of the language This is in IMHO the foundation upon which TD rests You cant possibly reach a certain level in the profession unless you develop your language Period It doesnt matter how knowledgeable you may be in issues such as methodology techniques and resources - if you havent got the content knowledge in your area you wont be able to teach at a certain levelrdquo
(personal communication)
So what is it
bull What must teachers study
bull Grammar (how to use describe and name it)
bull Vocabulary (use register pronunciation frequency)
bull Phonology (individual sounds ndash phonemes ndash intonation stress in words and sentences connected speech)
bull Discourse (how language is used appropriacy)
bull Cultural aspects of the language
bull lsquoMethodology(ies) and techniques
A simple question
Facebook post April 15 Ive just heard a journalist on BBC say Police stations have been being seized How does that sound to you
httpwwwscreencastcomusersHigorCavalcantefoldersJingmediac4aecfdc-288f-4165-b6ff-08ab262178b8
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Claims
bull Teachers of English need to study a lot of English
bull They donrsquot
bull Therefore the overall language level of Brazilian teachers is very low
bull ELT ignores thisbull Authors ignore this
bull Schools ignore this
bull Teachers ignore this
bull Native-speaking teachers thrive Students tend to prefer them
By the end of this talk wersquoll hopefully have
bull hellipdiscussed the unproblematized area of a teacherrsquos language skills
bull hellipwhy the area is unproblematized
bull hellipexamples of the lsquoelephant in the roomrsquo
bull hellipthe very little that is done
bull hellipwhat should be done by ELT
bull hellipwhat can (and should) be done by teachers
bull hellipwhat Irsquom doing and intend to do next
A quote to set us off
ldquo(hellip) among the consequences of (hellip) a limited knowledge of language are a failure on the part of the teacher to anticipate learnersrsquo learning problems and a consequent inability to plan lessons that are pitched at the right level (hellip) an inability to deal satisfactorily with errors or to field learnersrsquo queries and a general failure to earn the confidence of the learners due to a lack of basic terminology and ability to present new language clearly and efficientlyrdquo
Thornbury S (1997)
How about another one
bull ldquohellipPeople who are going to work with the language at an advanced level as teachers or researchers need the deeper understanding provided by the study of grammatical theory and related areas of linguisticsrdquo
Roach P (2007)
Just one more
ldquo (hellip)teachers need to know a lot about the subject they are teaching (the English language) (hellip) Language teachers need to know how the language works (hellip) a knowledge of the grammar system and understanding of the lexical system (hellip) They need to be aware of pronunciation features such as sounds stress and intonation He also says students have a right to expect that teachers of the English language can explain straightforward grammar concepts including how and when they are used They expect their teachers to know the difference between the colloquial language that people use in informal conversation and the more formal language required in more formal settingsrdquo
Harmer J (2007)
Ten things you might be saying wrong
bull 1 Open your books on page 20
bull 2 OK Timersquos over
bull 3 Do you want me to explain you the rule again
bull 4 Pay attention in the example
bull 5 Ask question four to Raul please
bull 6 Today wersquore going to discuss about politics
bull 7 These are slangs
bull 8 I gave you a homework last class didnrsquot I
bull 9 Are you with your studentsrsquo book
bull 10 Does anyone have any doubts
From wwwluizotaviobarroscom
Thatrsquos not itbull Some of the challenges of instructional discourse are pitching the
language at the right level reducing teacher talking time to an appropriate amount setting and checking instructions effectively etc This is what CELTA amp ICELT cover in their language component Instructional discourse presents itself as a problem for native and non-native teachers still and allThe point [Irsquom trying to make] is that LDT also refers to teachersrsquo communicative competence which is their grammatical knowledge of syntax morphology phonology and the like as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately And here yes I insist that there is very little out there
bull Moura H - CELTA tutor (personal communication)
Thatrsquos not it
bull ldquoAs someone whos had his hand dabbling in the business of hiring and training teachers I honestly have to confess that the number one issue I faced when hiring a teacher was lack of command of the language This is in IMHO the foundation upon which TD rests You cant possibly reach a certain level in the profession unless you develop your language Period It doesnt matter how knowledgeable you may be in issues such as methodology techniques and resources - if you havent got the content knowledge in your area you wont be able to teach at a certain levelrdquo
(personal communication)
So what is it
bull What must teachers study
bull Grammar (how to use describe and name it)
bull Vocabulary (use register pronunciation frequency)
bull Phonology (individual sounds ndash phonemes ndash intonation stress in words and sentences connected speech)
bull Discourse (how language is used appropriacy)
bull Cultural aspects of the language
bull lsquoMethodology(ies) and techniques
A simple question
Facebook post April 15 Ive just heard a journalist on BBC say Police stations have been being seized How does that sound to you
httpwwwscreencastcomusersHigorCavalcantefoldersJingmediac4aecfdc-288f-4165-b6ff-08ab262178b8
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
By the end of this talk wersquoll hopefully have
bull hellipdiscussed the unproblematized area of a teacherrsquos language skills
bull hellipwhy the area is unproblematized
bull hellipexamples of the lsquoelephant in the roomrsquo
bull hellipthe very little that is done
bull hellipwhat should be done by ELT
bull hellipwhat can (and should) be done by teachers
bull hellipwhat Irsquom doing and intend to do next
A quote to set us off
ldquo(hellip) among the consequences of (hellip) a limited knowledge of language are a failure on the part of the teacher to anticipate learnersrsquo learning problems and a consequent inability to plan lessons that are pitched at the right level (hellip) an inability to deal satisfactorily with errors or to field learnersrsquo queries and a general failure to earn the confidence of the learners due to a lack of basic terminology and ability to present new language clearly and efficientlyrdquo
Thornbury S (1997)
How about another one
bull ldquohellipPeople who are going to work with the language at an advanced level as teachers or researchers need the deeper understanding provided by the study of grammatical theory and related areas of linguisticsrdquo
Roach P (2007)
Just one more
ldquo (hellip)teachers need to know a lot about the subject they are teaching (the English language) (hellip) Language teachers need to know how the language works (hellip) a knowledge of the grammar system and understanding of the lexical system (hellip) They need to be aware of pronunciation features such as sounds stress and intonation He also says students have a right to expect that teachers of the English language can explain straightforward grammar concepts including how and when they are used They expect their teachers to know the difference between the colloquial language that people use in informal conversation and the more formal language required in more formal settingsrdquo
Harmer J (2007)
Ten things you might be saying wrong
bull 1 Open your books on page 20
bull 2 OK Timersquos over
bull 3 Do you want me to explain you the rule again
bull 4 Pay attention in the example
bull 5 Ask question four to Raul please
bull 6 Today wersquore going to discuss about politics
bull 7 These are slangs
bull 8 I gave you a homework last class didnrsquot I
bull 9 Are you with your studentsrsquo book
bull 10 Does anyone have any doubts
From wwwluizotaviobarroscom
Thatrsquos not itbull Some of the challenges of instructional discourse are pitching the
language at the right level reducing teacher talking time to an appropriate amount setting and checking instructions effectively etc This is what CELTA amp ICELT cover in their language component Instructional discourse presents itself as a problem for native and non-native teachers still and allThe point [Irsquom trying to make] is that LDT also refers to teachersrsquo communicative competence which is their grammatical knowledge of syntax morphology phonology and the like as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately And here yes I insist that there is very little out there
bull Moura H - CELTA tutor (personal communication)
Thatrsquos not it
bull ldquoAs someone whos had his hand dabbling in the business of hiring and training teachers I honestly have to confess that the number one issue I faced when hiring a teacher was lack of command of the language This is in IMHO the foundation upon which TD rests You cant possibly reach a certain level in the profession unless you develop your language Period It doesnt matter how knowledgeable you may be in issues such as methodology techniques and resources - if you havent got the content knowledge in your area you wont be able to teach at a certain levelrdquo
(personal communication)
So what is it
bull What must teachers study
bull Grammar (how to use describe and name it)
bull Vocabulary (use register pronunciation frequency)
bull Phonology (individual sounds ndash phonemes ndash intonation stress in words and sentences connected speech)
bull Discourse (how language is used appropriacy)
bull Cultural aspects of the language
bull lsquoMethodology(ies) and techniques
A simple question
Facebook post April 15 Ive just heard a journalist on BBC say Police stations have been being seized How does that sound to you
httpwwwscreencastcomusersHigorCavalcantefoldersJingmediac4aecfdc-288f-4165-b6ff-08ab262178b8
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
A quote to set us off
ldquo(hellip) among the consequences of (hellip) a limited knowledge of language are a failure on the part of the teacher to anticipate learnersrsquo learning problems and a consequent inability to plan lessons that are pitched at the right level (hellip) an inability to deal satisfactorily with errors or to field learnersrsquo queries and a general failure to earn the confidence of the learners due to a lack of basic terminology and ability to present new language clearly and efficientlyrdquo
Thornbury S (1997)
How about another one
bull ldquohellipPeople who are going to work with the language at an advanced level as teachers or researchers need the deeper understanding provided by the study of grammatical theory and related areas of linguisticsrdquo
Roach P (2007)
Just one more
ldquo (hellip)teachers need to know a lot about the subject they are teaching (the English language) (hellip) Language teachers need to know how the language works (hellip) a knowledge of the grammar system and understanding of the lexical system (hellip) They need to be aware of pronunciation features such as sounds stress and intonation He also says students have a right to expect that teachers of the English language can explain straightforward grammar concepts including how and when they are used They expect their teachers to know the difference between the colloquial language that people use in informal conversation and the more formal language required in more formal settingsrdquo
Harmer J (2007)
Ten things you might be saying wrong
bull 1 Open your books on page 20
bull 2 OK Timersquos over
bull 3 Do you want me to explain you the rule again
bull 4 Pay attention in the example
bull 5 Ask question four to Raul please
bull 6 Today wersquore going to discuss about politics
bull 7 These are slangs
bull 8 I gave you a homework last class didnrsquot I
bull 9 Are you with your studentsrsquo book
bull 10 Does anyone have any doubts
From wwwluizotaviobarroscom
Thatrsquos not itbull Some of the challenges of instructional discourse are pitching the
language at the right level reducing teacher talking time to an appropriate amount setting and checking instructions effectively etc This is what CELTA amp ICELT cover in their language component Instructional discourse presents itself as a problem for native and non-native teachers still and allThe point [Irsquom trying to make] is that LDT also refers to teachersrsquo communicative competence which is their grammatical knowledge of syntax morphology phonology and the like as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately And here yes I insist that there is very little out there
bull Moura H - CELTA tutor (personal communication)
Thatrsquos not it
bull ldquoAs someone whos had his hand dabbling in the business of hiring and training teachers I honestly have to confess that the number one issue I faced when hiring a teacher was lack of command of the language This is in IMHO the foundation upon which TD rests You cant possibly reach a certain level in the profession unless you develop your language Period It doesnt matter how knowledgeable you may be in issues such as methodology techniques and resources - if you havent got the content knowledge in your area you wont be able to teach at a certain levelrdquo
(personal communication)
So what is it
bull What must teachers study
bull Grammar (how to use describe and name it)
bull Vocabulary (use register pronunciation frequency)
bull Phonology (individual sounds ndash phonemes ndash intonation stress in words and sentences connected speech)
bull Discourse (how language is used appropriacy)
bull Cultural aspects of the language
bull lsquoMethodology(ies) and techniques
A simple question
Facebook post April 15 Ive just heard a journalist on BBC say Police stations have been being seized How does that sound to you
httpwwwscreencastcomusersHigorCavalcantefoldersJingmediac4aecfdc-288f-4165-b6ff-08ab262178b8
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
How about another one
bull ldquohellipPeople who are going to work with the language at an advanced level as teachers or researchers need the deeper understanding provided by the study of grammatical theory and related areas of linguisticsrdquo
Roach P (2007)
Just one more
ldquo (hellip)teachers need to know a lot about the subject they are teaching (the English language) (hellip) Language teachers need to know how the language works (hellip) a knowledge of the grammar system and understanding of the lexical system (hellip) They need to be aware of pronunciation features such as sounds stress and intonation He also says students have a right to expect that teachers of the English language can explain straightforward grammar concepts including how and when they are used They expect their teachers to know the difference between the colloquial language that people use in informal conversation and the more formal language required in more formal settingsrdquo
Harmer J (2007)
Ten things you might be saying wrong
bull 1 Open your books on page 20
bull 2 OK Timersquos over
bull 3 Do you want me to explain you the rule again
bull 4 Pay attention in the example
bull 5 Ask question four to Raul please
bull 6 Today wersquore going to discuss about politics
bull 7 These are slangs
bull 8 I gave you a homework last class didnrsquot I
bull 9 Are you with your studentsrsquo book
bull 10 Does anyone have any doubts
From wwwluizotaviobarroscom
Thatrsquos not itbull Some of the challenges of instructional discourse are pitching the
language at the right level reducing teacher talking time to an appropriate amount setting and checking instructions effectively etc This is what CELTA amp ICELT cover in their language component Instructional discourse presents itself as a problem for native and non-native teachers still and allThe point [Irsquom trying to make] is that LDT also refers to teachersrsquo communicative competence which is their grammatical knowledge of syntax morphology phonology and the like as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately And here yes I insist that there is very little out there
bull Moura H - CELTA tutor (personal communication)
Thatrsquos not it
bull ldquoAs someone whos had his hand dabbling in the business of hiring and training teachers I honestly have to confess that the number one issue I faced when hiring a teacher was lack of command of the language This is in IMHO the foundation upon which TD rests You cant possibly reach a certain level in the profession unless you develop your language Period It doesnt matter how knowledgeable you may be in issues such as methodology techniques and resources - if you havent got the content knowledge in your area you wont be able to teach at a certain levelrdquo
(personal communication)
So what is it
bull What must teachers study
bull Grammar (how to use describe and name it)
bull Vocabulary (use register pronunciation frequency)
bull Phonology (individual sounds ndash phonemes ndash intonation stress in words and sentences connected speech)
bull Discourse (how language is used appropriacy)
bull Cultural aspects of the language
bull lsquoMethodology(ies) and techniques
A simple question
Facebook post April 15 Ive just heard a journalist on BBC say Police stations have been being seized How does that sound to you
httpwwwscreencastcomusersHigorCavalcantefoldersJingmediac4aecfdc-288f-4165-b6ff-08ab262178b8
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Just one more
ldquo (hellip)teachers need to know a lot about the subject they are teaching (the English language) (hellip) Language teachers need to know how the language works (hellip) a knowledge of the grammar system and understanding of the lexical system (hellip) They need to be aware of pronunciation features such as sounds stress and intonation He also says students have a right to expect that teachers of the English language can explain straightforward grammar concepts including how and when they are used They expect their teachers to know the difference between the colloquial language that people use in informal conversation and the more formal language required in more formal settingsrdquo
Harmer J (2007)
Ten things you might be saying wrong
bull 1 Open your books on page 20
bull 2 OK Timersquos over
bull 3 Do you want me to explain you the rule again
bull 4 Pay attention in the example
bull 5 Ask question four to Raul please
bull 6 Today wersquore going to discuss about politics
bull 7 These are slangs
bull 8 I gave you a homework last class didnrsquot I
bull 9 Are you with your studentsrsquo book
bull 10 Does anyone have any doubts
From wwwluizotaviobarroscom
Thatrsquos not itbull Some of the challenges of instructional discourse are pitching the
language at the right level reducing teacher talking time to an appropriate amount setting and checking instructions effectively etc This is what CELTA amp ICELT cover in their language component Instructional discourse presents itself as a problem for native and non-native teachers still and allThe point [Irsquom trying to make] is that LDT also refers to teachersrsquo communicative competence which is their grammatical knowledge of syntax morphology phonology and the like as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately And here yes I insist that there is very little out there
bull Moura H - CELTA tutor (personal communication)
Thatrsquos not it
bull ldquoAs someone whos had his hand dabbling in the business of hiring and training teachers I honestly have to confess that the number one issue I faced when hiring a teacher was lack of command of the language This is in IMHO the foundation upon which TD rests You cant possibly reach a certain level in the profession unless you develop your language Period It doesnt matter how knowledgeable you may be in issues such as methodology techniques and resources - if you havent got the content knowledge in your area you wont be able to teach at a certain levelrdquo
(personal communication)
So what is it
bull What must teachers study
bull Grammar (how to use describe and name it)
bull Vocabulary (use register pronunciation frequency)
bull Phonology (individual sounds ndash phonemes ndash intonation stress in words and sentences connected speech)
bull Discourse (how language is used appropriacy)
bull Cultural aspects of the language
bull lsquoMethodology(ies) and techniques
A simple question
Facebook post April 15 Ive just heard a journalist on BBC say Police stations have been being seized How does that sound to you
httpwwwscreencastcomusersHigorCavalcantefoldersJingmediac4aecfdc-288f-4165-b6ff-08ab262178b8
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Ten things you might be saying wrong
bull 1 Open your books on page 20
bull 2 OK Timersquos over
bull 3 Do you want me to explain you the rule again
bull 4 Pay attention in the example
bull 5 Ask question four to Raul please
bull 6 Today wersquore going to discuss about politics
bull 7 These are slangs
bull 8 I gave you a homework last class didnrsquot I
bull 9 Are you with your studentsrsquo book
bull 10 Does anyone have any doubts
From wwwluizotaviobarroscom
Thatrsquos not itbull Some of the challenges of instructional discourse are pitching the
language at the right level reducing teacher talking time to an appropriate amount setting and checking instructions effectively etc This is what CELTA amp ICELT cover in their language component Instructional discourse presents itself as a problem for native and non-native teachers still and allThe point [Irsquom trying to make] is that LDT also refers to teachersrsquo communicative competence which is their grammatical knowledge of syntax morphology phonology and the like as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately And here yes I insist that there is very little out there
bull Moura H - CELTA tutor (personal communication)
Thatrsquos not it
bull ldquoAs someone whos had his hand dabbling in the business of hiring and training teachers I honestly have to confess that the number one issue I faced when hiring a teacher was lack of command of the language This is in IMHO the foundation upon which TD rests You cant possibly reach a certain level in the profession unless you develop your language Period It doesnt matter how knowledgeable you may be in issues such as methodology techniques and resources - if you havent got the content knowledge in your area you wont be able to teach at a certain levelrdquo
(personal communication)
So what is it
bull What must teachers study
bull Grammar (how to use describe and name it)
bull Vocabulary (use register pronunciation frequency)
bull Phonology (individual sounds ndash phonemes ndash intonation stress in words and sentences connected speech)
bull Discourse (how language is used appropriacy)
bull Cultural aspects of the language
bull lsquoMethodology(ies) and techniques
A simple question
Facebook post April 15 Ive just heard a journalist on BBC say Police stations have been being seized How does that sound to you
httpwwwscreencastcomusersHigorCavalcantefoldersJingmediac4aecfdc-288f-4165-b6ff-08ab262178b8
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Thatrsquos not itbull Some of the challenges of instructional discourse are pitching the
language at the right level reducing teacher talking time to an appropriate amount setting and checking instructions effectively etc This is what CELTA amp ICELT cover in their language component Instructional discourse presents itself as a problem for native and non-native teachers still and allThe point [Irsquom trying to make] is that LDT also refers to teachersrsquo communicative competence which is their grammatical knowledge of syntax morphology phonology and the like as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately And here yes I insist that there is very little out there
bull Moura H - CELTA tutor (personal communication)
Thatrsquos not it
bull ldquoAs someone whos had his hand dabbling in the business of hiring and training teachers I honestly have to confess that the number one issue I faced when hiring a teacher was lack of command of the language This is in IMHO the foundation upon which TD rests You cant possibly reach a certain level in the profession unless you develop your language Period It doesnt matter how knowledgeable you may be in issues such as methodology techniques and resources - if you havent got the content knowledge in your area you wont be able to teach at a certain levelrdquo
(personal communication)
So what is it
bull What must teachers study
bull Grammar (how to use describe and name it)
bull Vocabulary (use register pronunciation frequency)
bull Phonology (individual sounds ndash phonemes ndash intonation stress in words and sentences connected speech)
bull Discourse (how language is used appropriacy)
bull Cultural aspects of the language
bull lsquoMethodology(ies) and techniques
A simple question
Facebook post April 15 Ive just heard a journalist on BBC say Police stations have been being seized How does that sound to you
httpwwwscreencastcomusersHigorCavalcantefoldersJingmediac4aecfdc-288f-4165-b6ff-08ab262178b8
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Thatrsquos not it
bull ldquoAs someone whos had his hand dabbling in the business of hiring and training teachers I honestly have to confess that the number one issue I faced when hiring a teacher was lack of command of the language This is in IMHO the foundation upon which TD rests You cant possibly reach a certain level in the profession unless you develop your language Period It doesnt matter how knowledgeable you may be in issues such as methodology techniques and resources - if you havent got the content knowledge in your area you wont be able to teach at a certain levelrdquo
(personal communication)
So what is it
bull What must teachers study
bull Grammar (how to use describe and name it)
bull Vocabulary (use register pronunciation frequency)
bull Phonology (individual sounds ndash phonemes ndash intonation stress in words and sentences connected speech)
bull Discourse (how language is used appropriacy)
bull Cultural aspects of the language
bull lsquoMethodology(ies) and techniques
A simple question
Facebook post April 15 Ive just heard a journalist on BBC say Police stations have been being seized How does that sound to you
httpwwwscreencastcomusersHigorCavalcantefoldersJingmediac4aecfdc-288f-4165-b6ff-08ab262178b8
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
So what is it
bull What must teachers study
bull Grammar (how to use describe and name it)
bull Vocabulary (use register pronunciation frequency)
bull Phonology (individual sounds ndash phonemes ndash intonation stress in words and sentences connected speech)
bull Discourse (how language is used appropriacy)
bull Cultural aspects of the language
bull lsquoMethodology(ies) and techniques
A simple question
Facebook post April 15 Ive just heard a journalist on BBC say Police stations have been being seized How does that sound to you
httpwwwscreencastcomusersHigorCavalcantefoldersJingmediac4aecfdc-288f-4165-b6ff-08ab262178b8
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
A simple question
Facebook post April 15 Ive just heard a journalist on BBC say Police stations have been being seized How does that sound to you
httpwwwscreencastcomusersHigorCavalcantefoldersJingmediac4aecfdc-288f-4165-b6ff-08ab262178b8
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
A simple question answers
lsquoAwfulrsquo
lsquoWasnrsquot he stutteringrsquo
lsquoNative speakers donrsquot mis-speakrsquo
lsquoIt is so embarrassing when supposedly educated people cant even speak or fathom the languagersquo
lsquoWait a minute if we can say stations are being seized why not stations have been being seized How else would you say exactly the same thing if it started in the past and is still going on as we speak Im not a fan of normative grammar but prefer a corpus-based descriptive approach Still sounds clumsy thoughrsquo
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
A simple question answers
lsquoWhy do people suppose that us native speakers get it right all the time He made a mistake his focus was probably on describing what was happening rather than how he expressed this It was a news item not an English lessonrsquo
lsquoNice slip of the tongue Unfortunately present perfect continuous in the passive doesnt existrsquo
lsquoHigor let me know if u can see this page httpbooksgooglecombrbooksid=bZM2AQAAQBAJamppg=PA169it explains whats going on here perfectlyrsquo
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Grammar
bull Is it possible to use will in the if-clause of a conditional sentence Eg If you willhellip I willhellip
bull Is using could or be able to for ability in the past interchangeable
bull Whatrsquos the difference between who and whom
bull Do we always put the verb one stage back when using reported speech
bull I recommend she be promoted Is this correct
bull Whatrsquos inversion Non-finite clauses When can you omit the relative pronoun in a relative clause etc
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Phonology
bull ldquoPronunciation can be an overlooked area of language teaching partly because teachers themselves may feel more uncertain about it than about grammar or lexis worried that they donrsquot have enough technical knowledge to help students appropriately However when teachers take the risk they are often surprised to find that it makes for very enjoyable and useful classroom workrdquo
Scrivener J (1994)
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Phonology
bull As you listen to Jason Mrazrsquos song consider what happens to the parts in bold in the lyrics
bull People get ready get ready (elision)
bull lsquoCause here it comes (elision)
bull A beautiful light (linking)
bull She told me (elision)
bull hellipdo it righthellip (intrusion - w)
bull You can alwayshellip (linking)
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Phonology
bull Wersquove come a long way to belong here (linking flap elision)
bull Just knowhellip(elision)
bull Every road is a slippery slope (flap linking linking)
bull hellipa hand that you can hold on to (assimilation)
bull hellipinside of you (linking vowel reduction)
bull hellipget back homehellip
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Phonology
bull What are the sounds θ and eth How are they different
bull How do you pronounce the regular verbs in the past
bull How do you pronounce the lsquosrsquo in plural words third person singular and genitive case
bull How do you count syllables in English
bull Are there rules for word stress
bull Whatrsquos sentence stress Whatrsquos unstress
bull How does intonation work in English
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Vocabulary
bull Whatrsquos collocation Idiom Phrasal verb
bull Irsquoll give you a broadwide summary of this talk now
bull If you have any questions please riseraise your hand
bull She was caught redyellow-handed stealing the test key
bull If she carries onup like this shersquoll endwind up in prison
bull Your proposal is bad
bull (appalling dismal ludicrous absurd pathetic)
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Studying language
bull Curiosity and interest
bull Vast and varied reading
bull Exposure to native(-like)proficient English
bull Organization and focus
bull Research
bull Vast and varied reading
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Studying language
bull Have a vocabulary notebook
bull Read books articles news blogs recipes graffitihellip
bull Watch series movies TV programshellip Get hooked on wwwtedcom
bull Set a time to study every dayfew daysweek Decide what you want to study every time (grammar vocabulary phonology etc)
bull Google
bull Read varied genres read a little EVERY day Always
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Anti-World Cup protests hit Satildeo Paulo and Rio(BBC May 15 2014)bull ldquoRiot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of
protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cuprdquo
bull ldquoLast June more than a million people took to the street over poor public services corruption and the high cost of hosting the World Cup The tournament is due to kick off on 12 Junerdquo
bull ldquoThe planned protests coincide with a range of strikes including one by the police force in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco The army was deployed there to provide additional support after some robberies and looting before the strike ended on its third dayrdquo
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Why unproblematized
bull ldquohellipthe feeling is perhaps that non-native speaker teachers should need no special treatment and to offer it might be seen as insulting
ndash a famous ELT writer via email (April 30 2013)
bull I think the sad reality is though that for a very large number of the worlds teachers their English is barely above A2 B1 to be generous
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (April 30 2013)
bull ldquoItrsquos an important topic but a very sensitive one (hellip) affect teachersrsquo self-esteem badly (hellip) I think non-native speaker language teachers ideally should have a certain level on IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge exams etc (hellip)
ndash a famous course book writer via Facebook (May 7 2014)
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
My opinion
bull Itrsquos too important an issue to overlook
bull We owe it to ourselves
bull We owe it to our students
bull Itrsquos at the very least as important as everything else
bull Book
bull Research (interviews surveys etc)
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Thank you
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Bibliography e-references
bull About Language Scott Thornbury
bull The Practice of English Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer
bull How to Teach Grammar Scott Thornbury
bull How to Teach Vocabulary Scott Thornbury
bull English Phonetics and Phonology Peter Roach
bull How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly
bull wwwluizotaviobarroscom
bull wwwbbccouk
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
Contact information
bull higorhigorcavalcantecom
bull TwitterSkype teacherhigor
bull Facebook wwwfacebookcomhigorcavalcante
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