Five Practical Ideas to Incorporate Pronunciation During Lessons

FIVE PRACTICAL IDEAS TO INCORPORATE PRONUNCIATION DURING LESSONS Martin Sketchley 8th October 2016

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1. MINIMAL PAIRS: INTRODUCING THE PHONEMIC CHART 0. Bit

/ ! / /

What’s the telephone number?

1. Beat

/i:/

0 ___ 7 ___ 5 ___ 3 ___ 8 ___

2. Bat

/æ/

1 ___ 4 ___ 9 ___ 6 ___ 3 ___ 2 ___

3. Bet

/e/

4. But

/ " /

5. Boot

/u:/

6. Bought / #! /







2. SILENT PAIRS: FOCUS ON SOUNDS Your partner will answer to the first question silently. Try to work out what they are saying. A. What did you do last night? B. I watched a movie / I watched the TV.

A. How are you feeling? B. Not too bad / Not too well.







2. SILENT PAIRS: WHICH WORD? Variation to the previous activity: prepare a list of minimal pairs, such as the one below. below. Students choose a word to say silently and their partner has to guess the word by reading their partner’s lips.

1. leap / lip

5

t/

t

2. love / live

3. ran / run

6

7 t p/t p

/

4. bus / boss

8 b

k /b







3. PHONEMIC SPELLING: CONNECTED SPEECH Look at the phonemic words words in the bubble. Try to put the phonemic transcriptions in the correct gap. 1. How many inches are there in a _____________ ? 2. I’m going to _____________ friend of mine to juggle. 3. I wanna have a party. party. Let’s _____________ ! 4. What What was that? that? I heard heard ______ _________ ______ _____ noise! noise! 5. I think there are rats in the _____________.







4. SPELLING: HOMOPHONES - ODD ONE OUT Look at the following lists of words words and decide which word word is the odd one out. 1. I’ll

isle

ill

aisle

2. check

cheque

cheek

Czech

3. rode

rowed

rod

road

4. sees

seize

says

seas

5. rain

reign

rein

Rhine

6 flow

flu

flew

flue









4. SPELLING: HOMOPHONES MATCHING Look at the words in the bubble below below.. Match one word word with another word which sounds the same.







5. WORD STRESS: ODD ONE OUT Look at the following lists of words words and decide which word word is the odd one out. 1. ago

alone

able

above







5. WORD STRESS: PATTERNS TO WORDS Look at the following lists of words words and decide which word word is the odd one out. Base word

Derived word







FURTHER READING

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Five Practical Ideas to Incorporate Pronunciation During Lessons

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