» 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