The document discusses various strategies for improving pronunciation skills in English learning. It lists strategies such as imitating teachers or recordings, learning how sounds are produced, repetition drills, choral repetition, learning dialogues, songs, tongue twisters, and using online resources. It then provides examples of learner difficulties with specific sounds or words. Finally, it shows how learners can apply strategies like listening and repeating, using dictionaries, writing words, and learning dialogues to overcome weaknesses.

1. APPLYING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE
PRONUNCIATION SKILLS
IN ENGLISH LEARNING
By
Luis Carlos Lasso Montenegro

2. Ideas for Improving Pronunciation Skills
• Imitation of teacher or recorded model of sounds, words and
sentences.
• Learning English sounds production (including details of the
structure and movement of parts of the mouth)
• Imitation drills: repetition of sounds, words and sentences.
• Choral repetition of drills.
• Learning and performing dialogues.
• Learning sentences, rhymes, jingles by heart.
• Placing words into a context.
• Singing songs in English.
• Watching English-language videos, movies…
• Using Tongue-twisters & Nursery Rhymes
• Using online resources like dictionaries, transcriptions…
• Using imagination or pictures.

3. “I find it hard to
pronounce this
sound /θ/ in
English”
“I can´t identify the
different sounds
between the words
Ship - Chip”
“Remembering the
pronunciation of
these words
Chore - Chemistry
is difficult to me”
Which difficulties or weaknesses do you
have when pronouncing English words?

4. “I listen carefully to
the pronunciation of
a set of words and
repeat it” “I always use an
online dictionary to
check words
pronunciation and
place them in a
sentence”
“I sometimes write
down words with
similar sounds to
remember their
pronunciation”
“I look for words
with the same
sound and make a
meaningful
sentence”
“I learn and perform short
dialogues to practice the
pronunciation of words and
phrases”
What specific actions do you carry out to
overcome your weaknesses?

5. I listen carefully to
the pronunciation of
a set of words and
repeat it.
I find it hard to
pronounce this
sound /θ/ in
English.
Which strategies do you apply to improve
your pronunciation skills?
“Every time I find it hard to pronounce this
sound /θ/ in English, I listen carefully to the
pronunciation of a set of words and repeat it
over and over again”

6. I use an online
dictionary to
check words
pronunciation
and place them in
a sentence
I can´t identify
the different
sounds between
the words
Ship - Chip
Applying more strategies…
“When I can´t identify the different sounds
between words like Ship – Chip. I use an online
dictionary to check their pronunciation and place
them in a sentence”

7. Thanks for your
attention!