Cornwall, G. (2019, January 09). Teachers’ Strategies for Pronouncing and Remembering Students’ Names Correctly. Retrieved January 17, 2019

Teachers should make an effort to ensure they are pronouncing students’ names correctly and encourage students to let them know if they are missing the mark, suggests Susan Balogh, a teacher in Massachusetts. In this article, Balogh, along with other teachers, share strategies for the correct pronunciations of students’ names, which Christine Yeh, a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Education, says helps develop trust and rapport among students and teachers.

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