Understanding and Teaching the Pronunciation of English.pdf

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Study for math test
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(^6 7) My birthday 8
party!
Send thank^9
you notes
(^10) Veterans’ Day (^11) Garth Brooks 12
concert
Give the dog^13
a bath
(^14 15) Lunch with 16
Thelma
(^17 18) Do nothing. 19
Nothing at all.
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Start thawing^21
the turkey
(^22 23) Thanksgiving 24
Day
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today!
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(^27 28) Buy a new 29
bathtub
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(^13) Dentist appt. 14
Get teeth cleaned
(^15 16 17 18) “Three Pigs“ 19
at Children’s Theater
Call Beth 20 21 Think^22
peaceful thoughts
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(^27) Ruth’s 28
Birthday
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Calendar Info Gap with /θ/ and /s/
Guided Practice
Have students work in pairs. Each partner looks at a different
calendar. (Cut the copies in half or have students fold the paper
in half and just look at one calendar.) Students should not look
at their partner’s calendar.
The partners ask each other questions to try to find a day when
they’re both free to do something together. (Have lunch? Go to
the beach? Elope to Las Vegas?) Point out that the events on
the calendars have lots of /θ/ and /s/ sounds. Encourage them
to say the dates, most of which also have /θ/: fourth, fifth, etc.
Simple Info Gap with /æ/ and /ε/
Guided Practice
This is the simplest form of information gap activity. Have
students work in pairs. Each partner looks at a different version
of the chart. (Cut the copies in half or have students fold the
paper in half and just look at one side.) Students should not
look at their partner’s paper. Point out that the words in the
boxes have lots of /æ/ and / / sounds.
The partners ask each other questions to try to find out what
words are in each box. (What word is in box A-1?)
Partner 1Partner 1Partner 1Partner 1Partner 1
1 2 3 4
A
B
C
D
bed mat pen
sat
man bad pan
men
Partner 2Partner 2Partner 2Partner 2Partner 2
1 2 3 4
A
B
C
D
head
sad shall had
said
shell met set
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