Chuyên đề-Pronunciation

A short Quiz about English

How many letters in the alphabet?
26
28
30
How many sounds in (standard British) English[1]?
(About) 44
(About) 48
(About) 50
How many people in the world speak English as their native language?
About 250 million
About 300 million
About 350 million
Approximately how many people in the world speak English?
About 600 million
About 1 billion
About 1.8 billion


[1] Received pronunciation
Warmer:
1. 26
2. 44
3. About 350 million
4. Approaching 2 billion
Answers to A Short Quiz about English
Elements of phonology
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Elements of phonology
Study the learner errors. Match them with the correct versions and say what area of pronunciation we are taking about.

Your answers.
4 - Dropping final consonants

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1. 26
2. 44
3. About 350 million
4. Approaching 2 billion
Study the learner errors. Match them with the correct versions and say what area of pronunciation we are taking about.

Answers to A Short Quiz about English
Pronunciation
How often do you teach pronunciation in class?
Tell the others in your group some of the things you do.
Which elements should we spend time teaching? Why?
Stop the bus.
Write 3 words for each of the following sounds;


The Phonemic Chart
Questions for different groups
Which are the difficult and which are the easy sounds for students (and teachers)?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using phonemic symbols/chart?
What are some simple guidelines or tips for teaching sounds?

phonemic chart
simple guidelines or tips for using the phonemic chart/symbols to teach sounds ?
Recognition
Discrimination
Production
Repetition
Modelling
Analysis
Awareness
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2. dis,krimi`nei∫n
3. prə`dʌk∫n
4. ,repi`ti∫n
5. `mɔdliη
6. ə`næləsis
7. ə`weənis




Activities to teach pronunciation?
Dictation Lists
People Pairs
Pairs / Minimal Pairs
Backchaining
Finger Correction
Symbols
Games
Songs / Karaoke
Playing with the Tongues
Poems
…
groupwork
Some Fun and Useful Classroom Activities to Use
Tongue twisters (demo)
Shadow reading (self-reference)
Job pronunciation (self-reference)
Chants (demo)
Games √
6.


…
Songs to teach a pair of sounds
Songs to teach an individual sound
Stand-Up Game
EMPLOYEE

AWARENESS
ANALYSIS
ECONOMICALLY
IQ
EMPLOYEE

AWARENESS
ANALYSIS
ECONOMICALLY
IQ
FINAL ROUND
PHOTOGRAPH

INDISPENSABLE
IMMEDIATELY
GEOGRAPHICAL
HUMANE
PHOTOGRAPH

INDISPENSABLE
IMMEDIATELY
GEOGRAPHICAL
HUMANE
The Qualities of Stress
What are the qualities of stress?
Syllables are:
Louder
Longer
Different in pitch (usually higher)
The sounds are more clearly spoken
Accompanied by larger jaw, lip and other facial movements


The Qualities of Stress
What are the qualities of stress?
Syllables are:
Louder
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Stop the bus √
Stress quiz
Hum stress
Sorting
Stand up √
DVD watching
Sorting activity

Have you ever done an activity like this in class before?
What problems did you have (or might you have)?
How could you do this activity without using lots of bits of paper?
How could you adapt this activity?
Put the steps the trainer made in this activity in chronological order.
steps made in this activity chronologically
Cards are held up and the teacher asks for examples of words that fit the pattern
Students are given cards for stress patterns and cards for words
Students put them in the correct categories
Students come to the board to and put the words under the right stress patterns
The teacher checks and drills the words

Hum Stress
What materials do you need for this activity?
How does Anthony make it more learner-centred?
Would your students do this activity?
Anthony matches the hum stress to words. What words could you use?
Could it be a team game?
How could you use dictionaries?

Suggested answers
Just the board, some words and the stress patterns.
Demonstrates and then hands it over to the students to do in pairs.
Monitor students carefully.
Use words that are familiar to your students.
Groups of 4 or 5 one reads out the other guess. A point for each first called out correctly.
Students can check the stress with them.

Teaching Demo
Imagine you were going to teach new sounds / stress patterns or to revise them or revise vocabulary using those in the pronunciation part from Tieng Anh 10 or 11. Which activity / activities would you use?
The sound(s) or pattern(s) will be assigned to you by casting lots.
Prepare the activity/activities (not more than two activities) of your choice in 15 minutes
Deliver your demo to the whole workshop with observation and evaluation from trainers.
Prizes will be awarded to groups of best demos.