» Our SIG Aims to:

  • increase awareness of pronunciation as an integral part of the teaching of English as a foreign/second language;

  • encourage and support the teaching of pronunciation improvement;

  • disseminate theoretical and practical information as it develops in the field of pronunciation;

  • cooperate with colleagues in related areas such as listening;

  • work towards the development of improved pronunciation materials;

  • integrate the use of educational technology in the teaching and learning of pronunciation.

The Pronunciation SIG History

The PronSIG was founded in 1993 by Camilla Dixo Lieff and Zaina A. Abdalla Nunes. The idea at the time was to group people that would gather round interests within the field of English Language Teaching such as Pronunciation. As it was the first group linked to the BRAZ-TESOL, Camilla and Zaina consulted another teaching association, the IATEFL - International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language – where the coordinator of the Pron-SIG at the time, Michael Vaughan-Rees, promptly sat down with them and informed rules and regulations that governed all the SIGs linked to the IATEFL. This happened in 1992 at the IATEFL Conference in Lille, France. Back in Brazil, the group was set up as more members were invited to join in.

1993

Founders: Camilla Dixo Lieff and Zaina Abdalla Nunes.

Central Committee: Elizabeth Pow, Silvia Corrêa, Sonia M. Baccari de Godoy and Zaina Abdalla Nunes

1993 - 2002

Coordinator: Camilla Dixo Lieff

Central Committee: Eliane Zamboni, Elizabeth Pow, Marcelo Marcelino, Silvia Corrêa, Sonia M. Baccari de Godoy, Zaina Abdalla Nunes

2003- 2007

Coordinator: Elizabeth Pow

Central Committee: Eliane Zamboni, Marcelo Marcelino, Silvia Corrêa, Sonia M. Baccari de Godoy, Zaina Abdalla Nunes

2008 - 2015

Coordinator: Sonia M. Baccari de Godoy,

Central Committee: Eliane Zamboni, Elizabeth M. Pow, Silvia Corrêa, Jussara Uehara , Thelma Marques

2017 - 2018

Coordinator: Elizabeth Pow

Central Committee: Jussara Uehara , Vinícius Tavares e Thelma Marques

2019

Coordinator: Elizabeth Pow

Central Committee: Jussara Uehara , Vinícius Tavares and Thelma Marques

Support Group: Carol Gonçalves and Sue R. Cons

2020

Coordinator: Vinícius Tavares

Central Committee: Thelma Marques, Carol Gonçalves and Sue Ruggeri Cons

2021 - 2022

Coordinator: Carol Gonçalves

Central Committee: Thelma Marques, Vinícius Tavares and Sue Ruggeri Cons