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  • Iker Estalayo Santamara

    Pronunciation Resources for Primary School Teachersand Learners

    Mara Jess Hernez Lerena

    Facultad de Letras y de la Educacin

    Grado en Educacin Primaria

    2012-2013

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    TRABAJO FIN DE GRADO

    Curso Acadmico

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  • Trabajo de Fin de Grado

    PRONUNCIATION RESOURCES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL

    TEACHERS AND LEARNERS

    Autor:

    IKER ESTALAYO SANTAMARA

    Tutor/es:

    Fdo.MARA JESS HERNEZ LERENA

    Titulacin:

    Grado en Educacin Primaria [206G]

    Facultad de Letras y de la Educacin

    AO ACADMICO: 2012/2013

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    INDEX

    1. Abstract /Resumen ..................................................................................................... 5

    2. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 7

    3. Objectives .................................................................................................................. 9

    4. Methodology ............................................................................................................ 11

    5. A comparison between English and Spanish ........................................................... 13

    6. Resources for Primary School English teachers ...................................................... 15

    6.1. Online dictionaries ........................................................................................... 15

    6.2. Pronunciation sites ........................................................................................... 20

    6.3. Talking with native speakers ............................................................................ 24

    6.4. Getting started in phonetics .............................................................................. 28

    6.5. How to record audios ....................................................................................... 31

    6.6. Recording our voice with Audacity .................................................................. 32

    7. Resources for learners of English in Primary School: ............................................. 35

    7.1. The arrangement of the classroom: what to do and what not to do ................. 35

    7.2. Reading aloud ................................................................................................... 38

    7.3. Textbooks ......................................................................................................... 40

    7.4. Songs and nursery rhymes ............................................................................... 43

    7.5. Drills ................................................................................................................. 48

    8. Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 51

    9. References ............................................................................................................... 53

    Annex 1: Audio configuration ........................................................................................... i

    FIGURES

    Figure 1: INE study ......................................................................................................... 13

    Figure 2: Cambridge Dictionaries ................................................................................... 16

    Figure 3: Wordreference ................................................................................................. 16

    Figure 4: Collins English Dictionary .............................................................................. 17

    Figure 5: Collins English Dictionary (Translations) ....................................................... 18

    Figure 6: Merrian-Websters Learners Dictionary ........................................................ 19

    Figure 7: Forvo ............................................................................................................... 21

    Figure 8: Inogolo ............................................................................................................ 22

    Figure 9: Sounds Familiar? ............................................................................................. 23

    Figure 10: Howjsay ......................................................................................................... 24

    Figure 11: Conversation Exchange ................................................................................. 25

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    Figure 12: Conversation Exchange: Profile .................................................................... 26

    Figure 13: My Language Exchange ................................................................................ 27

    Figure 14: Italki .............................................................................................................. 27

    Figure 15: Phonetics: The Sounds of American English ................................................ 28

    Figure 16: British Council- Phonemic Chart .................................................................. 29

    Figure 17: The phonemic alphabet. (Hancock 2007: 130) ............................................. 30

    Figure 18: Audacity ........................................................................................................ 31

    Figure 19: Audacity: Experience ................................................................................. 33

    Figure 20: Traditional teacher-fronted seating structure. ............................................ 36

    Figure 21: semi-circular seating structure. (Drnyei and Murphey 2009: 81). ........... 36

    Figure 22: The circle seating structure fosters interpersonal attraction and

    involvement. (Drnyei and Murphey 2009: 82). .......................................................... 37

    Figure 23: Ad hoc cluster of chairs/desks. (Drnyei and Murphey 2009: 82). ........... 37

    Figure 24: Example of a Bug Phonics activity (Papiol and Toth 2009: 31) ............... 41

    Figure 25: Mother Goose Club ....................................................................................... 45

    Figure 26: Control Panel .................................................................................................... i

    Figure 27: Devices (I) ....................................................................................................... ii

    Figure 28: Devices (II) ..................................................................................................... iii

    Figure 29 Devices (III) .................................................................................................... iv

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