Forthcoming Events
June
Many of us are concerned about improving our students ’ pronunciation but never seem to find the right time , the right way or the right weight this training should take in our lessons . At last !
Prof . Patricia Arbona will be offering a new approach to pronunciation teaching .
Drama and pronunciation teaching . The hows and whys .
The basic premise is that , through drama , pronunciation teaching becomes more effective , because various components of communicative competence ( discourse intonation , pragmatic awareness , nonverbal communication ) can be practised in an integrated way .
This presentation will introduce participants into the world of sounds in connected speech and will engage them in a series of practical and energizing drama based activities that will allow them to teach pronunciation more creatively .
Patricia Laura Arbona graduated as a teacher of English at Instituto Superior de Formación Docente n º 127 in San Nicolás Buenos Aires and holds a postgraduate degree from UBA , the National University of Buenos Aires . She has been in the ELT field since 1980 , working as a teacher and teacher trainer . She is a teacher of phonetics , phonology , spoken language and methodology . She teaches drama in Spanish and English at Instituto Superior de Formación Docente n º 127 . She has contributed articles to academic journals and has given lectures on discourse and drama . She is the founder of LudoDrama , a group of enthusiastic teachers whose main concern is educational drama , not only to teach English , but all the subjects across the school curriculum . LudoDrama ’ s mission is to spread the magic of drama in education and transform the art of teaching .
Venue : to be confirmed
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Fee : to be confirmed
Free for members Non-members : $ 150 . = Students : $ 60 . =