| Body | From: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/cerirhiannon/ceri-jones-pronunciation-focusing-sounds-day-one
Ceri Jones shares some ideas on how to easily look at problematic sounds for our learners right from the beginning by using people's names in the target language. There are examples in Welsh and English, but it could be adapted to any language. The context is a monolingual one where students share the same L1, so it makes it easier to focus on common difficult sound(s) for speakers of that language. She also suggests other possible ways of exploiting the idea:
"1. Looking at how English speakers "mangle" the pronunciation of L1 names (including place names).
2. Contrasting the pronunciation of international/borrowed words in L1 and English (e.g. tennis, spaghetti, karate)
3. Contrasting the pronunciation of brand names in L1 and English (e.g. Pink Lady apples, Adidas or J&B)"
Access the article at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/cerirhiannon/ceri-jones-pronunciation-focusing-sounds-day-one
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