Hi!
Thanks for the response Jonathan.
I have a question here about practical uses of the theories. I've been in TESOL
for about
ten years so Gattegno was just before my time, and though every training course
I've been
on mentioned him I still haven't found a Silent Way teacher or a clear
understanding of the
great secret. I'm a cynic, I know, but all of the 'magical' methods I've heard
about involve
very small groups of highly motivated students. At the moment I'm teaching
classes of at
least 30 Japanese first year university students. It's a required subject so
many aren't really
interested, and a new challenge for me is that my accent, a fairly standardised
British
English, is non-prestige - they'd prefer Canadian or American.
Any suggestions?

Alex.



--- In iatefl_pronsig@..., Jonathan Marks <jonathanmarks@...>
wrote:
>
> Piers Messum is one of our 'regulars' - a regular contributor to 'Speak
> Out!' and a regular presenter at the annual conference and other SIG
> events. What he's been telling us over the years, based on his research,
> casts new light on how infants acquire the pronunciation of their L1,
> and how the learning of English pronunciation by adults could be made
> more effective. His article in issue 39 spins these strands further and,
> in doing so, also offers some striking insights into why English sounds
> the way it does.
>
> I first met Piers at a series of seminars with Caleb Gattegno in the
> 1980s. Since then his path has taken him through regions of anatomy and
> physiology which are terra incognita to most of us, but has also led him
> back to Gattegno's visionary approach to language pedagogy. And for me,
> personally, that's another component of the sense of illumination I got
> when I read this article.
>
> Jonathan Marks
>
>
> pronsig_mod pisze:
> >
> > Hi everyone!
> > Don't know how, but I seem to have exams to mark already! I thought
> > term had just begun.
> > Speak Out! comes through our letter boxes, and we get inspired, get
> > new ideas, and think
> > about the issues raised. So, let's hear your views on the articles in
> > the latest edition.
> >
> > So, please take a couple of minutes and post a quick message saying
> > which article you found
> > most useful/interesting/thought-provoking/surprising/inspiring/etc...
> > and why.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Alex.
> >
> > PronSIG Discussion List Moderator.
> >
> >
>