
Pronunciation for teachers of English to Spanish speaking learners
Overview and Outcomes

This course is specially designed for EFL teachers, trainees, advanced learners and professionals and it can be tailor-made to meet their specific needs. You can choose:
Whatever your choice, The Pronunciation Booster III will focus on:
Bonus
•You will have an opportunity to try out activities for both face to face and online teaching contexts
•You can have a person to person session with a tutor from England for insights into their English accent and feedback on your own accent, if you feel that would be beneficial.
•Course participants receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the course signed by Mark and Stella.

What is the course like?
The virtual campus is an online platform replicating a physical campus environment. It allows participants to engage in coursework, submit assignments, communicate with professors, and classmates, access educational resources, books and material and participate in various activities and forums all from their homes. It harnesses the power of technology to create a dynamic learning environment that transcends geographical barriers.
Along the same lines, participants are invited to take weekly training in a person to person session with an English tutor. This is an international course which has been offered for five years in a row. This edition starts on OCTOBER 5th and ends on NOVEMBER 9th
Course Outcomes
- Attending and participating in a 2-hour phonetics session on Zoom every week conducted by Mark and Stella.
- Interacting with your partners from all over the world, or watching the recording if you cannot attend the meeting.
- Holding a one-on-one weekly appointment, if you wish, with an English tutor to get extra oral practice tailored to your personal needs.
- Setting up a language lab for your own use, monitoring your sounds, and using it as a key tool to correct your students.
- Setting your lessons to a higher tech quality of teaching enhanced by Artificial Intelligence tools
- Using free programs like Praat to boost perception and production of intonation and tones, or Audacity to create intonation and pronunciation material.
- Applying EFL Phonics approaches for young learners and all age groups.
- Polishing approaches to teaching pronunciation and intonation while self-monitoring your own sounds.
- Getting familiar with new trends in Artificial Intelligence applied to pronunciation while improving your own pronunciation.
- Working on your phonetics and pronunciation knowledge with the challenges that Mark posts weekly on the course campus.
Former Participants Say

Mark Hancock
Mark Hancock iIs a teacher, trainer and author based in the UK. He holds an MA in Teaching English from Aston University. His books include Pronunciation Games (CUP 1995), English Pronunciation in Use (CUP 2003), Authentic Listening in Practice (DELTA 2014, with Annie McDonald) and PronPack 1-4 (Hancock McDonald ELT 2017).
His latest books are PronPack 5: Pronunciation of English for Spanish Speakers (Hancock McDonald ELT 2020) and Mark Hancock’s 50 Tips for Teaching Pronunciation (CUP 2020). He also runs the teacher resource websites http://pronpack.com/ and http://hancockmcdonald.com/ (with Annie McDonald).


Stella Palavecino
Prof. & Lic Stella Palavecino, M.A. in TEFL, is a graduate teacher, teacher trainer, material writer and an author based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A validated specialist in Phonetics and Phonology, she holds postgraduate degrees in Phonetics and Phonology, Higher Education, ICT and Pedagogy. She has published extensively and has delivered presentations in the fields of phonology, pronunciation, phonics, ICT tools applied to pronunciation teaching, language laboratories and phonetics pedagogy at various ESL/EFL symposia. Some of her publications include ‘Th Th Thumkie’, ‘Thumkie in Spain’, ‘The Jawbreaker and the Sound Ticklers’, ‘ The Elves’ Magic Moves’, ‘The Polar Bear’s Pin’ and Heather and Eddie in the Sound Cave’. She runs the teacher trainer resource hub for EFL world of phonics storybooks at www.eflphonics.com.ar. She is also a Pronsig scholarship winner for the IATEFL 2020 annual conference and TESOL Spain 2023 grant.
She currently lectures in Phonetics and Phonology with Laboratory Practice I and II, and English Diction at the ‘Instituto Superior en Lenguas Vivas Juan R Fernandez’ Teacher Training College and Translation Programme. She is a founding member of B.A. English House, where she has designed a special fellowship in EFL Education, offered to college students from U.K. universities. In association with universities and teacher education institutions, she has organized webinars, conferences and study groups that promote continuing professional development. As an international consultant, she has widely reviewed published material produced in her field.
SCHEDULE
This course consists of 6 modules. Each module requires approximately 5 hours work per week, including attending the webinar, revising, answering forum questions and doing weekly tasks.
Live sessions are normally held on a Saturday at 2.00 -4.00PM Argentina time, and recorded for those who are unable to attend. The questions that may come up when teachers do not join the Zoom meeting, weekly assignments or ongoing topics, are discussed in the forum during the week on the course asynchronous platform
Find out about `Payment methods’, and `Early Bird discounts by sending us an email at baenglishhouse@gmail.com or by completing the pre-registration form below
Have a Sound Time !
Master the secrets of English Pronunciation in a laid-back, knowledge-loving learning environment.
Make the most of your time and join B.A. English House professional development community today.
Make your sound and teaching practice shine forth!!
Mark & Stella
Pronunciation Booster CourseTeam