Bibliograph

Pronouncercizing, a whole-body approach to learning the sounds of North American English, developed and written by Millicent Alexander ; ill. by Gertrude Halpern

Type

Label

Pronouncercizing, a whole-body approach to learning the sounds of North American English, developed and written by Millicent Alexander ; ill. by Gertrude Halpern

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 126)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pronouncercizing

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

85823735

Responsibility statement

developed and written by Millicent Alexander ; ill. by Gertrude Halpern

Sub title

a whole-body approach to learning the sounds of North American English

Summary

In the book, two pages are devoted to each of the 54 sounds or combination of sounds of North American English. In addition, the introduction to the pronouncercizing book explains the pronouncercizing approach and gives teachers practical ideas on how to incorporate the approach into their teachingClassroom video: In this 34 min. video, the author teaches all of the whole body warm-ups, the five key mouth warm-ups, and the "pure" vowels, then gives a lesson focusing on personal pronouns to demonstrate how pronouncercizing movements can be incorporated when it is not the primary focus of the lessonResource video: In this 80 min. video, the author demonstrates the movements for each of the sounds or combinations of sounds separately. The whole body warm-ups and mouth warm-ups can also be accessed separately

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