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Download or read book Teaching English Pronunciation for a Global World written by Robin Walker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Into the Classroom is a series of short, practical guides that help teachers who work in the primary and secondary school setting to make sense of new teaching tools, techniques, and educational policy, with ideas for implementing them in the classroom. Teaching English Pronunciation for a Global World provides teachers with strategies and practical pronunciation ideas to help students aiming for international intelligibility or a native speaker accent. Explains the importance of focusing on consonants, vowels and stress. Encourages the use of the students' first language as a starting point for teaching aspects of English pronunciation. Explores how technology can be used to aid pronunciation and also provide exposure to different accents. Provides practical classroom ideas focusing on specific pronunciation points, using a step-by-step approach. Stresses the vitally important role that pronunciation plays in communication and how this can be reflected in assessment.