Hi All, Thank You for being here! list rules ... 1. *Friendliness first* - this is a public list, avoid attacking anyone - emails sting so easily. be kindly...
TEFLChina@yahoogroups...
Mar 1, 2005 8:39 am
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I just somewhat foolishly accepted a position teaching third year university students a Commications course. They wanted me to start this week, but I managed...
You might be interested in looking at the debate about Content and Language Integrated Learning (Clil - in the current jargon) being organised by the Guardian...
Jennifer Wallace
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Mar 1, 2005 5:33 pm
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Oksana wrote, If anyone has taught this type of course, would you be willing to send me some ideas Hi Oksana, One place to start is with the Business English...
Hi Oksana! I cannot give you any specifics at this time to help you with content but can give you some suggestions on topics. I work in a major multinational...
Stephanie Noke
araxy@...
Mar 2, 2005 8:21 am
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My understanding is that the new format of TEM 4 for the exam on 24th April this year [the first in the new format] is to be released on the web site early in...
TF Eaton
terieaton2000@...
Mar 2, 2005 8:21 am
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Jennifer, Free ESL lesson plans are here: http://esl.about.com/bllessonplans.htm tom z Truespel Book One: Analysis of the Sounds (Phonemes) of USA English ...
I received some information today about changes to the Listening section of TEM4. Sorry, but that's all he (head of department) sent me. "The statements in the...
I am looking to get feedback from others who are currently working with or have worked with in the past an Oral English textbook for first year English Majors...
Chinese mandatory exams. If you're in a big city, try the Provincial Library. Changsha for instance has a big English room on the 3rd floor (with no Enlgish...
nevin@...
Mar 3, 2005 7:07 pm
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I,m in the U.S. now but when I come back for a stint in 06 I would like to have a complete and accurate outline on this subject (mandatory Exams within the...
Within the state sector, I have understood there to be an officially approved list of course books from which the choice has to be made. Even if my college...
Jennifer Wallace
wallacejennifer@...
Mar 4, 2005 4:55 pm
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Hi all, I'm interested in fnding out if any teacher who actually uses phonetic symbols as a method in helping with pronunciation has the same experience as me...
Russ Taylor
russssch@...
Mar 4, 2005 4:56 pm
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... I use a phonemal alphabet of Standard American English (can be tweaked for British or Australian) consisting of 36 symbols, no diphthongs, much better...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Mar 5, 2005 4:16 am
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I missed the original posting, so don't know who asked first about this ..... but I use phonetic / phonemic symbols all the time in my teaching. I did...
Jennifer Wallace
wallacejennifer@...
Mar 5, 2005 11:19 am
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Sorry, Russ, I've just been reading my mail out of order and responded to Nelson's posting, not your original query. I was warned (i.e. given information)...
Jennifer Wallace
wallacejennifer@...
Mar 5, 2005 11:20 am
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Hi Jennifer, I'm now teaching at the Normal University in Shenyang and have previously taught in vocationalschools in Ningbo and what I have seen in all of...
Russ Taylor
russssch@...
Mar 5, 2005 7:01 pm
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... There has been - and still is - demand exceeding supply. As a ... Afraid I'm one of them. I took two classes here in the U.S. on phonetics and really...
Nelson, Check out truespel pronunciation guide spelling. Phonetic spelling with no special symbols. English has been respelled in truespel. Truespel is free...
Hi Tom How does truespel work with weak forms? I tried the converter with "desert" and it gave me "dizzert". I'm British but I think we Brits and N Americans...
Thanks Dick, With truespel I've spelled in regular letters all "weak forms", which I assume are unstressed vowels typically spelled as schwa in most ...
Two exercises for a phonemic/phonemal alphabet: 1. Write the symbols on the board. Model the pronunciation and do choral/small group/individual repetition. ...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Mar 7, 2005 10:22 am
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... I am alarmed Tom, there is no scwa sound in "it" , it's pronounced /It/ and definitely not /it/ as that would be the same as "eat"!! There are 3 different ...
Russ Taylor
russssch@...
Mar 7, 2005 1:04 pm
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Hi Nelson, perhaps you didn't understand my original post, I'm not asking how to teach phonetics, I was asking whether anyother teachers had noticed that...
Russ Taylor
russssch@...
Mar 7, 2005 1:05 pm
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... My phonemal (has to be phonemal because one of the characters, the -nk sound, is made of two sounds, according to a Minimalist) alphabet is made of IPA ...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Mar 7, 2005 5:02 pm
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Thanks Russ, Truespel doesn't use capitals to spell sounds. It just uses regular letters in a regular way. That enables it to be a spelling system as well,...
I still have reservations about Truespel, especially about weak forms. In the words "the boy" and "the egg" the definite article is pronounced in two quite...
Thanks Nelson, really? -nk has 2 sounds? I think that's how you get the Chinglsh sound "un ker", isn't -nk one elongated sound with 2 elements connected,...
Russ Taylor
russssch@...
Mar 8, 2005 12:22 pm
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Thanks Tom I'm a Brit and so don't personally have a use for teaching American English sounds but have managed so far to convey to my students the differences...
Russ Taylor
russssch@...
Mar 8, 2005 4:22 pm
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Tom, Why should I change to using your writing system when far more work has gone (and continues to go) into the IPA, to make available one writing system for ...
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