Teaching pronunciation

Teaching Pronunciation LI STRESS & INTONATION L] PRONUNCIATION GAMES... Focusing on a difficult sound LI Saying the sound clearly in isolation LI Asking Ss to repeat in chorus or i

Teaching Pronunciation

Teaching Pronunciation

LI STRESS & INTONATION

L] PRONUNCIATION GAMES

Focusing on a difficult sound

LI Saying the sound clearly in isolation

LI Asking Ss to repeat in chorus or individually

LI Contrasting sounds if Ss confuse

LI Describing how it is pronounced

T (says clearly): bean, eat, cheap, sheep /I:/ Examples: /1:/ and II

Ss (repeat): bean, peel, cheap, sheep

T (says clearly): bin, it, chip, ship /i/

SS (repeat): bin, It, chip, ship

T: bean/bin; eat/it, cheap/chip

/i:/open your mouth very little to make the

sound /i:/ - a long sound /i/ first practice the sound /I:/ Then open your mouth a little more /1/- ashort sound

Practicing sounds

WL Minimal pairs

LI Missing words

LI Making sentences

Minimal Pairs

Missing words

le/ & /el/: let/late, get/gate, pepper/paper,

pen/pain

1 The children were out from school

2 Open the door and ready to leave

3 | love spicy food Please give me some

more

4 This student has a very bad

Laugh/life Walker Ear/hear H

Worker Age

Heart/height | Test/taste Eye/high Sheep

Cheap Ball/boil Ball/boat Vestwest |Wash

Watch Bed/bird Win/wing Peel/feel Sea She

STRESS & INTONATION

Ways of showing stress patterns:

LI Using your voice (exaggerating difference b/w

stressed & unstressed syllables

LI Using gestures (clapping or tapping on a desk)

LI Using the blackboard (writing dots, dashes,

underlining stressed syllable or writing stressed syllables in heavier letters or in bold types)

INTONATION

2 basic intonation patterns:

LI Rising tone: used in Yes/No questions;

expressing surprise, disbelief

LI Falling tone: used in normal statements,

commands, & for WH-questions

2 main techniques of showing intonation patterns:

- By drawing arrows on the blackboard

- By arm & hand movements

Practicing stress & intonation

The easiest way: repetition

LI giving a good model of the sentences, saying it

at normal speed, making a clear difference b/w stressed & unstressed syllables, using natural intonation

LI indicating stress & intonation clearly (gestures)

LI making sure that Ss pay attention to stress &

intonation when Ss repeat the sentence

Pronunciation Game (Mini Bingo)

LÌ Play in a group of give people

LI One person calls out the numbers in any

other

LI Others each choose one of the boxes below

Student 1 (calling out the numbers in any order)

17

90

J four Ss cross out each number in their box as

it is called out

LÌ the first student to cross out all his numbers is the winner