Teaching Skills
Microcredential
Help your learners speak clearly and be understood
Learners can know every word in a sentence and still struggle to follow natural speech. This microcredential shows you how stress, connected speech and intonation work, so you can teach pronunciation in a way that goes well beyond individual sounds.
In this practical course, you will explore the key features of English pronunciation, from phonemic symbols and word stress to connected speech, prominence, and intonation, discovering why learners can know every word in a sentence yet still struggle to understand natural speech, so you can teach pronunciation more systematically and support learners' listening comprehension with greater confidence.
This course is for you if:
By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
Describe the key features of English pronunciation, including phonemic symbols, word stress, connected speech, prominence and intonation
Explain why learners can know every word in a sentence and still struggle to understand natural speech
Use phonology to make your pronunciation teaching more effective and engaging
Teach pronunciation more systematically
Support learners' listening comprehension and help them communicate with greater clarity and confidence
Our microcredentials are grouped into strands, each focused on a distinct area of teaching practice. Complete microcredentials within a strand to build depth in that area, or mix and match across strands to shape your own development path.
This course’s strand: Teaching Skills — practical, classroom-focused modules that sharpen the core skills of everyday teaching.
Teaching Skills
Turn learner mistakes into powerful learning opportunities.
Teaching Skills
Plan purposeful lessons that engage learners.
Microcredential · Teaching Skills
5 hours · 100% online and self-paced · Digital Microcredential Badge · £45.00 incl. UK VAT
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