Pronunciation made practical
Welcome to PronPack.com, the support hub for teachers using the pronunciation activities in PronPack 1-4 by Mark Hancock, author of best selling pronunciation books Pronunciation Games and English Pronunciation in Use. PronPack is a set of four ELT resource books to help teachers focus on English pronunciation in class.
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Excellent resource “This is the best pronunciation book I’ve seen. The way the book is laid out really makes the phonemic sound system easy to understand both for teachers and language learners. The activities are also excellent. I highly recommend this and the other books in the series.” Danyah.A. *****on iBooks
Ebook
Portable and personal, PronPack 1-4 ebooks are available on Kobo and iBooks. The fixed-layout ePubs feature integrated audio files to support the clear easy-to-follow pronunciation activities in each book.
Paperback
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Extras
Whether you go for the Ebook or Paperback version or both, the additional teacher resources on this website make it easy to prepare for class with print-friendly posters, worksheets, downloadable audio files, presentation slides and more.
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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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Audio files, student worksheets, PronPack Posters and more can be accessed in Resources.
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PronPack had an exhibition space at IATEFL 2018, sharing with others in the Independent Writers & Publishers Group (many thanks to Rob Howard for his hard work organizing this). On the left, here’s Mark with Higor Cavalcante, first customer of the day, who is taking a set of the books back to Brazil. On the …
Being interviewed by Dirk Lagerwaard for his NovELTies vlog: click here. Among the topics up for discussion is the idea of ‘correctness’ in the context of pronunciation. I suggest that mostly, there’s no such thing as ‘correct’. When people say things like ‘No, it’s not pronounced like that’, they are using a sneaky passive. Not …
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Proud and delighted to announce: PronPack 1-4 is a finalist of the 16th British Council ELTons Awards for Innovation in English Language Teaching 2018 in innovation in teacher resources. This publication has been selected as a finalist by a panel of experts from among 110 international products, publications and services as meeting the stringent criteria …
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.