CPD workshops for teachers I offer workshops for teachers to improve the teaching of listening. The focus is on decoding, and on making the most of the recordings contained in textbooks. The workshops range from one hour to a week in length. You can see me giving a session here. And there is more information […]
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Publications Below are listed teacher-training and research articles which provide the underpinnings for Speechinaction’s commerical publications. Many of the articles published since 1999 are available online – just…
Below are listed teacher-training and research articles which provide the underpinnings for Speechinaction’s commerical publications. Many of the articles published since 1999 are available online – just click the link. All the articles are by Richard Cauldwell, unless otherwise mentioned. 2016 ELF one two and three. Speech in Action Working Paper, September 2016. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.27532.51849. […]
This page contains a Flash movie. If you are viewing this page in Safari, and cannot see the movies, you need to change your preferences. For instructions on changing your preferences for Safari, go here, and for Chrome, go here. Murray Walker, the famous British motor racing commentator, once said in a radio interview: ‘When […]
This page contains a Flash movie. If you are viewing this page in Safari, and cannot see the movies, you need to change your preferences. For instructions on changing your preferences for Safari, go here, and for Chrome, go here. The following four speech units, taken from Brazil (1994, chapter 1) illustrate Ying’s dilemma. In […]
The soundfiles for all the extracts in the book are available from here. (Extract 22.13 was updated on 19th March 2018). The extra soundfiles (all acted for the purposes of demonstration) for Chapter 17 are here.
A Syllabus for Listening: Decoding is for teachers, teacher trainers, textbook and course book authors in English language teaching (ELT). This book will help you add a decoding dimension to all your listening activities, which means that your students will be better prepared for real-world spontaneous speech encounters. If you are designing a listening course, […]
Click on the image to the left to get the Subject Index for A Syllabus for Listening – Decoding. Click on the image to the left to get the Examples Index for A Syllabus for Listening – Decoding. This index will help you find recorded extracts, and sound shapes of words which are discussed […]
I offer workshops for textbook authors in how to exploit authentic recordings. Currently, there is a profession-wide failure to exploit the riches of the authentic recordings that now feature in many textbooks. There is a gap between what is conventionally taught about speech, and what actually happens in the sound substance of real-world recordings. These real-world […]
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I offer workshops for teachers to improve the teaching of listening. The focus is on decoding, and on making the most of the recordings contained in textbooks. The workshops range from one hour to a week in length. You can see me giving a session here. Forthcoming workshops and talks Electronic Village Online: Listening – Decoding […]
This page contains Flash movies. If you are viewing this page in Safari, and cannot see the movies, you need to change your preferences. For instructions on changing your preferences, go here. You’ll remember that Ying was a learner who kept a diary about learning to listen. She wrote: ‘Sometimes when a familiar word is used […]
Tone – Speech in Action
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