Teaching Pronunciation That Sticks
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The central focus is to highlight pronunciation as a skill and to remind the use of back-chaining as a strategy to teach pronunciation. This article connects how back-chaining helps with unlearning “broken words” and potential mistakes in the linguistic transfer that happens with many learners. The author reflects on how it helps to highlight pronunciation roadblocks in students. Back-chaining works by retraining the brain, developing new muscle memory, and making English pronunciation less intimidating.
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Kara Elizabeth Padgett Freeman, Highline College & South Seattle College
Kara Elizabeth Padgett Freeman (pronouns: she/they) loves teaching because it enables the opportunity to learn more. She has a particular calling for working with refugees, asylum-seekers, and undocumented immigrants. Her research is primarily in how name, pronouns, and identity are closely connected. When she is not reading, writing, or teaching, she is in the mountains. You can contact her at efreeman@highline.edu.
