Welcome to PronPack.com, the support hub for teachers using the pronunciation activities in PronPack by Mark Hancock, author of best selling pronunciation books Pronunciation Games and English Pronunciation in Use. PronPack is an award winning collection of ELT resource books to help teachers focus on English pronunciation in class. Mark introduces PronPack in the two minute video below or, read more…
Latest releases!!
PronPack 6: Pronunciation of English for Brazilian Learners.
The two latest additions to the PronPack collection take a different approach, focusing on common difficulties faced by learners of English from specific language backgrounds.
Pronpack 5 focuses on common pronunciation difficulties faced by Spanish-speaking learners and Pronpack 6 is specifically made for for Brazilian Portuguese-speaking learners. The teaching materials in both books include 18 lessons that attract learners’ attention with memorable activities including raps, games and puzzles.
PronPack 1-6 are available in two formats. Get your hands on the paperback from Amazon and other suppliers listed, or buy the eBook – portable and personal, from iBooks or KOBO – with downloadable materials for each book available in the Resources section of this website, either version is great for use in the classroom.
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About PronPack 1-4
PronPack 1: Pronunciation Workouts are extended drills focusing on specific areas of English pronunciation. Think of them like the scales and other exercises which pianists use to improve their fingering technique. But in the case of pronunciation, it’s the vocal articulators which are getting trained – the tongue, lips, jaw and vocal chords.
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PronPack 2: Pronunciation Puzzles are challenging game-like activities which are fun to do in pairs or small groups but are equally effective for individual students. They include such puzzle types as mazes, sudoku, word searches and crosswords.
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Pronpack 3: Pronunciation Pairworks are information-gap communication activities for students to do in pairs or small groups. Success in each activity depends upon the students accuracy in producing and understanding the target pronunciation feature.
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PronPack 4: Pronunciation Poems are rhymes, chants, limericks, raps and song lyrics all written specifically to contain multiple examples of the target pronunciation features. The activities usually begin with an exercise completing or correcting the text and culminate in practising saying or chanting the text out loud.
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Downloads to accompany PronPack 1-4 can be found in the Resources section.
You can access PronPack audio files, student worksheets, Sound Chart posters and more…
News and Views
The Chocolate Box: thoughts on the use and abuse of the phonemic chart
(Article first published on Cambridge UPELT website) Caution: May contain nuts My argument in a nutshell is this: that the point of the phonemic chart is to help you to teach and your learners to learn. It is not there to police your accent. The widespread idea that the chart represents only RP (‘received pronunciation’) …
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PronPack for Brazilians!
A new book has just joined the PronPack family. We welcome PronPack 6: Pronunciation of English for Brazilian Learners. This volume is packed with motivating puzzles, games and raps, and it’s designed to focus on pronunciation issues which are specific to Brazilian learners of English – the kinds of problems which make it hard to …
I’m an English Teacher: Should I Worry about my Accent?
A cruel mirror Accent anxiety is a cruel mirror for those of us who are in the business of teaching English. Many of us feel a sense of inadequacy, and we are harsh in judging ourselves. Partly, this is the widely-reported phenomenon of simply hating the sound of your own voice on recordings. But for …
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Mark Hancock
Mark’s approach in both teaching and writing ELT materials is to engage the learner and inspire their intrinsic interest in the content and in the process of the lesson. This is driven by his belief that teaching and learning a language can and should be an enjoyable experience.