"how do you say" an activity to teach pronunciation

How Do You Say---- ?

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.