how do you say an activity to teach pronunciation

Pronunciation focus: difficult sounds Activity Type: group work Time: 20 minutes Level: Upper Primary School Students/Junior Secondary School Students Introduction This activity helps st[r]

How Do You Say ?

 Activity

Title: How do you say -?

Pronunciation focus: difficult sounds

Activity Type: group work

Time: 20 minutes

Level: Upper Primary School Students/Junior Secondary School

Students

Introduction

This activity helps students to work in a fun and collaborative way on how to pronounce the words they are learning The teacher selects a group of words to review Choose words that the class find difficult to pronounce

Preparation

Here are some examples of words you could use on a topic of food at home: Dumplings, sausages, lettuce, fridge, cupboard, etc These words all contain difficulty to pronounce sounds

Step1: Put the students in groups of six Each student has a number from one to six

Step2: The teacher spells out a word, e.g L-E-T-T-U-C-E Each group works together to pronounce it well

Step3: Ask one student in each group to say the word Pick the student number at random, e.g number five goes first The student says the word loudly and clearly, but does not shout it The teacher keeps a score

on a piece of paper for each group and each good pronunciation gets a point

Tip: Try and be very encouraging so this is fun and a challenge and does

not make the student feel shy Pick the students to say the word at

random, not 1,2,3,4,5,6 It is important that it is a team effort The

teacher can model the sound again if it is hard and let everyone have another try

Step4: Ask a few students to pronounce the word and get the whole class

to practise the pronunciation a few times

Step5: Move on to next word and repeat step 2 and 3 Each time the teacher asks the students to say the word for you, nominate another team member by their number

The teacher can also ask the students to prepare words for each other and play the game in groups