Mark Hancock

Visiting Lecturer

Languages and Cultures
mark.hancock@chester.ac.uk
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Mark delivers the ML7204 Phonology module on the MA TESOL. As well as teaching and training, Mark has been writing and publishing ELT materials, beginning with Pronunciation Games (CUP, 1995). His self-published collection PronPack received the 2018 ELTons award for innovation in teacher resources and he has also written or co-authored numerous course books. 

Mark is a teacher, trainer, and author of many ELT pronunciation titles including Pronunciation Games and English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate and Mark Hancock’s 50 Tips for Teaching Pronunciation (all CUP). His self-published collection PronPack received the 2018 ELTons award for innovation in teacher resources. He has also written or co-authored numerous course books, both international and market-specific. Mark co-founded the teaching website www.hancockmcdonald.com. He also shares articles and materials on www.pronpack.com.

Mark has been involved in English Language Teaching (ELT) for around four decades. He has taught in Sudan, Turkey, Brazil, Spain and the UK, and has presented on training courses and conferences worldwide. Mark did his first degree at the University of St. Andrews. His ELT career began with preliminary teacher training courses at Pilgrims, Canterbury and International House, London. He did his Masters in Teaching English as a distance learning programme with Aston University while living in Madrid. He has a special interest in pronunciation teaching, motivation and materials design

Mark delivers regular international training courses online on the topic of teaching pronunciation. He is also a visiting lecturer on the MA TESOL programme at the University of Chester, where he delivers module ML7204 Phonology.

Mark has a particular interest in how to present the complexity of English phonology in a way which is accessible and motivating to both teachers and learners. 

Books 

  • ‘PronPack: Connected Speech for Listeners’, Hancock McDonald (2022) 
  • ‘PronPack 6: Pronunciation of English for Brazilian Learners’ Hancock McDonald (2021)
  • ‘Mark Hancock’s 50 Tips for Teaching Pronunciation’ A handbook with wide-ranging guidance for teachers for teaching pronunciation, CUP (2020) 
  • ‘PronPack 5: Pronunciation of English for Spanish Speakers’ Hancock McDonald ELT (2020) 
  • ‘PronPack 1-4’ A series of four teacher’s resource books for pronunciation teaching, Hancock McDonald ELT (2017) (Winner of 2018 ELTons Award for Innovation) 
  • ‘Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 9th ed’ * The new ‘Speaking Tutor’ component of this dictionary, OUP (2015) 
  • ‘Authentic Listening Resource Pack’ (co-author) Delta (2015) *A photocopiable teachers' resource book of listening activities based around authentic radio and video material  
  • ‘Out and About’ (co-author) CUP (2015) *A 2-level Bachillerato course for Spain 
  • ‘English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate’ 2nd Edition CUP (2012) * A global course in English pronunciation for self-study and classroom use 
  • ‘English Result’ (co-author) OUP (2007-2010) * A four-level global general English course for adults 
  • ‘Winners’ (co-author) OUP (2004) * A three-level general English course for upper primary students in Poland (with version for Spain) 
  • ‘English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate’ CUP (2003) * A global course in English pronunciation for self-study and classroom use 
  • ‘Clearways/Way to Go/New Ways to Go’ (co-author), CUP (2001) * A four-level secondary course for Spain (ESO) (with version for Portugal) 
  • ‘Pen Pictures’ (co-author) OUP (1999) * A three-level writing course for primary students 
  • 'On Track/Teen Track', (part of a writing team), Santillana (1997/8) * A secondary course for Spain 
  • 'Singing Grammar',  Cambridge University Press (Dec 1998) * A photocopiable teachers' resource book of grammar activities based around specially          written songs 
  • 'Pronunciation Games', Cambridge University Press (1995) * A photocopiable teachers' resource book of games for practising and raising awareness   of English pronunciation 

Articles 

  • ‘IPA: Symbols of Power?’, Modern English Teacher 29.3 (July 2020) 
  • ‘Pronunciation: Muscle, Mind, Meaning, Memory’, English Teaching Professional, issue 22 May 2019 
  • ‘Humanizing Pronunciation’, Humanising Language Teaching Apr 2019 - Year 21 - Issue 2 
  • ‘ELF: Beyond Dogma and Denial’, IATEFL PronSIG Speak out Issue 60 (2019) 
  • ‘Micro-drilling’, English Teaching Professional issue 115 (2018) 
  • ‘The Art of the Chart’ IATEFL PronSIG Speak out Issue 54 (2016) 
  • 'Cat got your tongue', English Teaching Professional 96, Jan 2015 
  • 'Pronunciation and Phonetics', book review in ELTJ 68/4 Oct 2014 
  • 'A Map of Pronunciation Teaching', IATEFL pronsig newsletter issue 50, Feb 2014 
  • 'A Map of ELT´, Modern English Teacher Vol 22/1 Jan 2013 
  • 'In it up to your ears', English Teaching Professional 84 Jan 2013 
  • 'At the talk face', regular feature in IATEFL pronunciation special interest group newsletter 2009-2013 
  • 'More than please and thank you', English Teaching Professional, Sept 2010 
  • 'Pronzone' (co-author), regular feature in TESOL Spain newsletter 2004-2006 
  • 'Three takes on Intonation', English Teaching Professional, Sept 2005 
  • ‘Teaching Writing to Schoolchildren’, CATS (IATEFL Young learners SIG newsletter) 2000 
  • ‘Roleplaying roleplaying’, English Teaching Professional, April 2000 
  • 'Layering and language choice' (Lead article), TESOL Quarterly, Summer 1997 
  • 1996 MSc Teaching English:                                Aston University, UK
  • 1987 RSA Dip TEFL:                                             International House, London, UK
  • 1985 RSA Prep Cert:                                            Pilgrims, Canterbury, UK
  • 1984 MA (hons) geography/philosophy:            St Andrews University, UK