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Vocal Revelations: Body and Voice in the Language Classroom - Pedagogical guide

Marieke de Koning, Chris Mitchell, Rebecca Guy

UGA Editions, Grenoble, Collection : Université tous terrains, 22 mai 2026, ISBN numérique : 978-2-37747-596-4

DOI : 10.4000/169es 

Speaking is a physical activity, and this fact should take a central role in second language learning where the physicality is different from that experienced with our native tongue. Here the authors seek to enable teachers to include meaningful work on the body and voice in the language classroom, providing both a theoretical background concerning the physicality of speech, and ready-to-use activities. Increasing learners’ awareness of what happens as they speak, through experimentation and “pl...