1. iPad – the
pronunciation tool
Tim Kelly – IH Cordoba

2. iPad – the pronunciation tool
• The iPad has simplified technology for
pronunciation
• It’s an all-in-one tool . Ideal for
repetition and reformulation.
• It’s portable
• I’ve been using ONE iPad in the class

3. Evaluation Criteria
Good pronunciation lessons – and by extension,
tech tools …. need to explain…, give intensive
practice, and provide meaningful feedback and
progress checking
Mark Hancock’s blog review of keynote talk by Robin Walker at
TESOL Spain 2013 ‘Technology in Pronunciation Teaching’
http://hancockmcdonald.com/blog/robin-walker-technology-
pronunciation-teaching

4. A. Pronunciation tuition apps
Sounds app

5. Choice of target accent to imitate
Work at word level

6. Vowel length activity – English File
Pronunciation App

7. Otterwave (free version) – a tuition app that
works on pronunciation beyond word level
Highlighting full marks and acceptable
divergence

8. Highlighting strong and weak form of ‘will’

9. Highlighting British vs Canadian software
accent with ‘what’

10. B. Speech recognition software
Siri

11. Repetitive, meaningful drilling - used with tick
sheet in class

12. Example of student using Dragon Dictation
and adjusting speech. This is known as
phonological accommodation and shows
how we learn to adapt pronunciation

13. C. Voice recording and feedback
• Making students aware of how they sound

14. Feedback highlighting common final
consonant deletion by Spanish student

15. Feedback - Student check sheets
I used questions from work by Susan Mulquiney
to promote student self-analysis of their spoken
work
Listen to your recorded practice
•Do you pronounce all your ‘s’ sounds correctly,
especially the final, plural ‘s’?
•Are there too many pauses?
•Can you hear any grammar mistakes? Eg. ‘the
people is’, etc
(The grammar focussed question helps
integrate pronunciation work into general class
work)

16. Feedback sheet
Scale Comments
Intelligibility 12345
Pace – too
fast or slow
12345
Clarity of
ideas
12345
Interest 12345

17. Helping others understand you – tone units
Student notes playing with primary stress
placement on last content word in tone
units – the class were amazed that units are
only 4-5 words on average

18. QuickVoice has a simple recording
interface, is simple to use and recording
can easily be emailed to other students for
peer feedback before going public

19. Multi-media apps – link pronunciation work
and visuals
Fotobabble and Educreations

20. Summary
•The iPad not only helps pronunciation work on
correct production of phonemes but fosters work
on suprasegmental features too.
• It links pronunciation to listening and
meaningful communication.
•It raises learner awareness, boosts learner
confidence and promotes collaboration.
•An iPad in the class can be used to organise
pronunciation work flow from class to home
using multi-media storage

21. Session or section title