ROBIN WALKER: ’Pronunciation Matters - re-thinking goals, priorities and models’

The arrival of communicative approaches in the early 1980s has led us to the point where pronunciation now occupies an uncomfortable place in the world of ELT. As a result of this, pronunciation teaching raises a number of questions, such as the exact connection between pronunciation and other areas of learning English, the right choice of priorities and models for learners, or what we do as teachers if we don’t have a standard native speaker accent? This talk looks at all of these issues and provides clear guidelines as to how we should proceed in each area.