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General Session - Conference Presentation Only (20 minutes, no formal paper)

Reima Al-Jarf, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, reemasado@msn.com
 * You Tube Pronunciation Videos in the EFL Classroom **

Although Saudi students at the College of Languages and Translation take 4 listening and 4 speaking courses, many students, especially beginners, find English pronunciation difficult. They have difficulty with some English vowels and consonants, associating spoken phonemes with written graphemes, homophones and homographs, stress, intonation, pause and juncture. The presentation aims to show how You Tube pronunciation videos can be integrated in EFL instruction to improve students' pronunciation. Specifically, it will show the following: (i) criteria for selecting You Tube pronunciation videos; (ii) samples of websites where online pronunciation videos can be downloaded; (iii) examples of pronunciation skills that can be developed through supplementary You Tube pronunciation videos: Pronunciation of vowels sounds, consonants such as th (ð), f, i, ɪ , z, g, ʊ , d, r, p, l, glottal stop, American English consonants, plural endings (-S/-ES), verbs ending in -ed, irregular verbs, contractions, numbers, Past Tense Regular verbs, several sounds/words, minimal pairs, word stress, rhythm. Advanced students may use the interactive phonetic chart for English pronunciation & the International Phonetic alphabet (IPA); (iv) where online pronunciation videos can be viewed (at home, in a classroom with an interactive smart board, or in a digital multimedia language lab); (v) phases of teaching and learning with You Tube pronunciation videos; (vi) advantages of integrating You Tube pronunciation videos; (vii) shortcomings of You Tube pronunciation videos; (viii) Students views.

// Interactivity // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I will play some You Tube pronunciation videos and attendees can ask questions or give comments on those videos.

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