TYPES OF ACTIVITIES FOR PRONUNCIATION...

La Fonología del Inglés: prácticas y recursos tecnológicos. Instituto de Perfeccionamiento Docente de Tucumán

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TYPES OF ACTIVITIES FOR PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

Matching (word/transcription, same sounds, sound/picture etc)

Multiple choice, Multiple choice with pictures,

Fill in the blank

Listening for Sound discrimination:

Tick the sound you hear.

Listening for Word Discrimination, Listening for pauses, Listening for word stress, etc

Word stress exercises:

Complete a chart.

Matching word stress and patterns.

Minimal pairs

Finding the homophones

Finding the homographs.

Rhymes.

Songs.

Tongue Twisters

Limericks

Find the way

One-word dialogues

Word puzzles.

The odd one out.

Finding the weak vowel.

Finding the prominent syllable.

Spelling by sounds ( Phonics) ( e.g. /k/ /æfor “cat”)

Same or different

True or False.

Spelling rules:

- Find the silent letter.

- Spelling/sound discrimination.

- What the most common spelling for //?

- What the most common pronunciation for “ee” spelling?

Grouping words by similar sounds.

Dictations.

Pauses.

Word suffixes: spelling, pronunciation and stress.

Reading aloud: individual reading, choral reading, shadow reading (with simultaneous audio

playback)

Phonemic transcriptions (for advanced students)


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FIND THE WAY

RHYMES

WEAK VOWELS.


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CONTRASTIVE STRESS.

ONE-WORD DIALOGUE


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CONTRASTIVE STRESS PRACTICE

Read the following sentences. How would you pronounce them?

A: So you were born in the South of England.

B: No, I was born in the North of England.

Homophones

PAUSES AND MEANING. The following pair of utterances can be paused in two different ways producing different meaning. Mark the pauses and explain their meanings briefly next to each utterance

1. a. I know Ana. (………………………………………………………………………………………………………………)

b. I know Ana. (………………………………………………………………………………………………………………)

2. a. Please call me Mary. (………………………………………………………………………………………………………………)

b. Please call me Mary. (………………………………………………………………………………………………………………)

3. a. Who will help Steve. (………………………………………………………………………………………………………………)

b. Who will help Steve. (………………………………………………………………………………………………………………)


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Rules of Pronunciation. Transcribe words from the text above with the rules of pronunciation for the

“s”, “es” of plural forms, simple present tense or possessive and for the “ed” endings of regular verbs.

Odd one one : Word stress. Circle the word with different stress pattern.

1. a. before b. belong c. better d. between

2. a. actor b. after c. afraid d. also

3. a. English b. enjoy c. evening d. every

4. a. paper b. pencil c. picture d. police

5. a. coffee b. colour c. concert d. correct

6. a. exam b. excuse c. explain d. extra

The Odd one out: Vowel Sounds. Cross out the word with a different vowel sound.

1 a. leather b. friend c. break d. bread

2 a. front b. rough c. won’t d. country

3 a. clock b. wonder c. want d. wash

4 a. angry b. hungry c. fax d. salmon

5 a. cheese b. breath c. meal d. breathe

6 a. spoon b. wooden c. zoo d. souvenir

7 a. warm b. walk c. store d. work

8 a. world b. ferry c. early d. journalist

How many Syllables? Write the number of syllables next to each word below. a. castle :

b. why :

c. where :

d. writer :

e. playing :

f. written :

g. radio :

h. university :

i. business :

j. information :


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Word Suffixes stress. Does the stress change?

1. product productivity

2. realize Realization

3. bear bearable

4. ration Rational

5. explain explanation

6. Portugal Portuguese

HOMOPHONES and HOMOGRAPHS. a. Write the homophones to these words.

1. Scene __________ 5. rays __________

2. male __________ 6. our __________

3. fair __________ 7. air __________

4. dye __________ 8. tyre __________

b. Transcribe the vowel sounds in the following homographs.

1. a. I would like to live / l v / in the Switzerland one day.

b. We’re transmitting live / l v / from the concert.

2. a. The lead / l d / singer is great!.

b. Lead / l d / pipes are no longer used.

3. a. The wind / w nd / blew the tree down.

b. Don’t forget to wind / w nd / your watch.

Listening for Pauses and linking. Listen to the following passage, put the pauses you hear. A few years ago I read in a newspaper that the staff at a library in a small town in the west of England had noticed that the

number of visitors to the library was going down and down, and the number of books they were borrowing was going down

even faster. They couldn´t understand this, so they decided to do some research to find out the reason. They interview

people and asked them to fill in questionnaires and so on. And guess what they discovered. The reason was simply that

everybody had read all the books already!


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WEAK VOWELS AND PROMINENCE.

a. Underline the weak vowels in the sentences below.

b. Mark the prominent syllables in the sentences below.Apply the principle of content and structural words in prominence

1. The plane was approaching the runway at high speed.

2. Try to see the other persons´ of view.

3. You put your brakes on when the light turns to red.

4. In a short time the house was full of children.

SOUND DISCRIMINATION: VOWEL SOUNDS. Circle the word that contains the vowel on

the first column.

O: boat bought Boot i: bit beat Bill

e sir said Side V sad card Duck

9 Bade but bat Q lose lost Son

I sea sin Seen 3: said third then

writer white pen U soon butter book

DIPTHTHONGS. Circle the correct option.

1. pair / peI / / pe / 7. day / daI / / deI /

2. rice / reIs / / raIs / 8. beer / be / / bI /

3. grow / gru: / / grU / 9. toe / tU / / tU /

4. care / kaI / / ke / 10. night / naIt / / neIt /

5. boil / bUl / / boIl / 11. dear / de / / dI/

6. loud / laUd / / lUd / 12. fare / fe / / fI /


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GROUPING OR CLASSIFYING : Write the full words in the correct column, according to their stress pattern.

LISTENING FOR WORD DISCRIMINATION. Circle the word you hear.

1. 100 dollars!. It only cost 17 / 70 last year!.

2. He was the 14th / 40th President of my country.

3. The maximum number of people is 15 / 50.

4. She was born in 1916 / 1960.

5. He was 13 / 30 on his last birthday.

She’ll be 18 / 80 in March.

Monday - Tue - Thu - Sat – today – tomorrow - Apr - Jul - Aug - Sept - Oct

Nov - holiday - 2nd - 11th - 13 - 30 - 13th - 30th - 17 - 70 - afternoon


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MATCHING. Join a word in column A with another word in column B. Write whether it is a homophone or homograph. Then transcribe the word in phonetic symbols.

know no

piece peace

read red

sew so

tear tear

would wood

key quay

rain reign

shower shower

mail male

knight night

pair pear

week weak

Peter Piper

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

SAME OR DIFFERENT Listen to the following pairs of sounds and write S if you think it’s the same sound and D if you think the

sounds are different.

1. MUCH - TOUCH ........... 5. MUCH - MATCH ...........

2. CAN - BACK ........... 6. SUN - SON ...........

3. SAM - LACK ........... 7. ONCE - ONES ...........

4. SUM - SAM ........... 8. COUNTRY - CUT ...........


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READING ALOUD: Linking

/She gets up at about 7 o'clock and then drinks a cup of coffee / When

she feels a bit more alert she showers and changes/

TONGUE TWISTERS

Francis flew to France

Vera envied the vase

Theo thanked the therapist

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