German: Making the Guttural "R"

Work on sounding like a 'native' with this guide to making the guttural "r" sound from the LovingLanguage blog:

https://lovinglanguage.wordpress.com/2015/12/31/lose-your-accent-making-the-guttural-r-german-french/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook


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German: Pronunciation Tips for Difficult German Sounds

Some pronunciation tips from fluentu.com for difficult to pronounce German words:

http://www.fluentu.com/german/blog/learn-german-words-pronunciation-audio/

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ELT MOOC on Pronunciation

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I am thankful for online professional development. A great chance for English teachers to learn from from one another is just around the corner.

Starting in just two weeks, November 18th, and ending December 13th there are 24 different teachers are coming together to share different techniques regarding teaching pronunciation.

For example, my presentation, "Pronunciation and the Punchline" will be presenting on different ways to use jokes when teaching pronunciation and why humor (even corny humor) is a great tool to use in class.
 
The MOOC is free to attend and participants who complete at least 4 classes will receive a certificate of participation.
 
Check out the video below for more information.

For more information look into the link here and I hope to see you there.

I'd love to hear if you plan on attending or have any questions. You can tweet me @ESLCarissa, join my group on facebook or just check out my regular blog.

One week until the 34th ELT Carnival!

The 34th ELT Blog Carnival is about pronunciation and will be held here!

If we can understand it, should we still correct it?

How to participate?
There are three big ways you can participate!

1. Submit your post that you have written on pronunciation in the ELT field (EFL; ESL, ESP, EAP, etc.) send it my way.
2. Share this post so other people can get involved. The more submissions we have the more everyone can learn!  
3. Check out the finished product September 2nd and learn from all the other English Language Teachers. You can keep track of everything via #eltBlogCarnival on twitter!

To submit your blog you have three options: 

1. Fill out this form.
2. Tweet it to Carissa Peck (@eslcarissa)
3. Use the general ELT Blog Carnival submission form.

Please try to get all submissions in by August 31st!

Useful Links: Pronunciation Practice

Check out these two sites I found dedicated to help English learners with their pronunciation.

http://www.blabbinit.com/

http://www.engvid.com/

Useful Sites: Fun-etics!

Here's a link to a good visually- and aurally-informative website to help students work on sounds in American English, German, or Spanish:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#

It's especially useful in one-on-one tutoring sessions or for self-study