ELF Pron launched in November 2013 and the blog and its founders quickly began to garner recognition from various voices in the industry. Here are just a few of our proudest moments:
Praise for the blog
…from pronunciation teaching experts:
“It isn’t just more implication. It’s application on their own classroom experience, and it’s a timely addition to the resources that are slowly becoming available to teachers who want to take ELF into their classrooms. Congratulations Laura and Katy.”
– Robin Walker, author of Teaching the Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca (via his blog)
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…and from teachers:
– Gareth Sears, English language teacher in Spain (via Twitter)
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Praise for our British Council Seminar (video), June 2014
“Just to say I really enjoyed watching your presentation. It was great. And I especially liked the way you made the research ‘digestible’ and related it so effectively to the classroom.”
– Jennifer Jenkins, Chair of Global Englishes and Director of the Centre for Global Englishes at the University of Southampton (via personal communication)
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“Laura Patsko and Katy Simpson have just done the best joint ELT presentation I have ever seen.”
– Ken Wilson, teacher trainer, materials writer and former artistic director of English Teaching Theatre (via Facebook)
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Praise for Katy’s presentation at TESOL Arabia, March 2014
– Mark Hancock, author of Pronunciation Games (via Twitter)
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Recognition of excellence in Laura’s MA research
You can download this dissertation from the British Council website and read more about the annual ELT Masters Dissertation awards here.
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