Unit 13 presents ways to teach pronunciation and phonology using different techniques such as diagrams of the mouth and placement of the teeth, tongue and lips in producing some sounds corresponding to specific letters, tongue twisters, etc...
In teaching productive skills (writing and speaking) with writing you will find that spelling, pronunciation and punctuation take precedence over handwriting, in a classroom situation students will partake in accuracy and fluency based activities, accuracy is usually part of the study phase and is often controlled to allow for accurate reproduction of language where as fluency being part of the activate phase will allow the students to grapple with the effectiveness and flow of what they have learned...
Even though These phrasal verbs come to me naturally, with regards to the meaning and how to use them, I have never thought how difficult it is to teach them...
The contrast of the two videos in this unit was very useful because we are able to see the difference that it makes when a teacher has the right attitude and uses more effective learning/ teaching techniques...