Phonetics Focus - A Sound Choice. Adrian’s Pron Chart Blog. R is for Repetition. In her latest book, Claire Kramsch (2009) argues – among other things – for the value of repetition: “In an effort to make language use more authentic and spontaneous, communicative language teaching has moved away from memorisation, recitation, and choral responses.
It has put a premium on the unique, individual, and repeatable utterance in unpredictable conversational situations. And yet, there is value in repetition as an educational device: utterances repeated are also resignified” (p. 209). That is to say, simply repeating something gives it an added or even different signifiance.
To drill or not to drill; that is the question. Now repeat. « Jeremy Harmer's Blog. Be careful!
This may a bit theatrical! But you might want to watch this trailer for a current London production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night. Its relevance will become clear later. I’ve been thinking about drilling as a language teaching/learning technique, recently. Introduction to Teaching Pronunciation Workshop - Adrian Underhill (COMPLETE)