Understanding and Teaching the Pronunciation of English.pdf

Throw a ball: Seat students in a circle. Give a very soft ball (not a softball; that’s something else entirely) to a student and ...

Rhythm Introducing rhythm Squeeze the syllables: The important point in introducing the rhythm of English is to help students he ...

helps prepare students to pay attention to the rhythm of language and to imitate it well. Practicing rhythm Walk the rhythm: Hav ...

see a video of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=V4Cx58njydI Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around. Teddy bear, teddy bear, ...

Thought groups Introducing thought groups Fast talker: To show students why thought groups are necessary, take a deep breath and ...

Patient: Doctor I have a pain in my eye whenever I drink tea Doctor: Next time take the spoon out of the cup before you drink Se ...

Practicing prominence Make models: Many of the methods that we used for word stress can also be adapted to draw attention to pro ...

“Find the difference” pictures Here’s an example conversation about the two pictures on the left, with prominent syllables in ca ...

possibility that there could really be more than one possible way to say the sentence and more than one possible location for pr ...

My dictionary is missing. Have you seen my dictionary? If you find my dictionary, please bring it to me. Practicing intonation M ...

For example: Do you enjoy doing your homework? Yes, I love doing my homework. Conduct an orchestra: Use your hands, a pencil, or ...

As a variation, have two students practice and perform a conversation with kazoos or by humming. Ask other students to identify ...

don’t have any stops, fricatives, or a"ricates, especially voiceless ones. Those sounds result in blank spots in the intonation ...

Connected speech Introducing connected speech Compare: A good way to introduce the concept of connected speech is to present a s ...

sentences.) Students listen and !ll in the blanks with the full forms of the words they heard. Finally, discuss why certain word ...

covers. File folders, binder dividers, plastic envelopes, or report covers are sometimes also made of a suitable plastic. Brains ...

Proverbs and famous quotations not only provide good pronunciation practice, but let students compare words of wisdom in di"eren ...

Puppet Pals: For a more high-tech approach to puppets, an iPad app called Puppet Pals lets students choose backgrounds and chara ...

Have the students compare their markings with a partner, then talk together as a class about what they found and why it sounded ...

characteristics and requirements apart from those of language, and a song is not always or necessarily a good model. Here are so ...