Demo lesson: teaching pronunciation online

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In this quick snippet I do a task I like to call The Napkin Task or The Toilet Paper Task. I’ve given it this name on purpose, as all words featured in both names have aspirated consonants. The main goal of this lesson was to raise his awareness to something that doesn’t exist in his language. One of the biggest challenges of teaching pronunciation online is making students feel comfortable and I think doing something silly that also allowed him to verify if he was doing things correctly helped him a lot. As a teacher, I always remind myself about how awkward it first feels to try to pronounce something in a different language, so I love turning my pronunciation slots into a funny/silly experience.

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Happy teaching!