The 'Mirroring Project': A Contextualized and Integrated Approach to Pronunciation Teaching
Colleen Meyers
Although the field of pronunciation teaching has moved from the audio-lingual era of "listen and repeat" to more interesting and fun activities, it's still often de-contextualized. In addition, it may be taught from a bottom-up perspective (sounds through intonation) or as discrete pronunciation features.
The "Mirroring Project," in which students mimic not only the language but also the non-verbals of an intelligible spoken model, is one way to contextualize pronunciation practice, as well as integrate pronunciation features into one practice activity. This interactive presentation will take you through the steps of this process so that you can apply it to your own ESL or foreign language classroom context.
Presenter:
Colleen Meyers is an educational specialist at the Center for Educational Innovation. In 2007, she trained university-level instructors in teaching pronunciation as a Fulbright scholar in Turkey.
