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 Subject: ICT in ELTProfessor: Evelyn IzquierdoAuthor: Terry Springer

•My web-based lesson on the correct pronunciation of the past tense regular verbs in English.

This is a web-based lesson with the sole purpose of helping you with the correct pronunciation of the past tense regular verbs in English.

•Date: 06-07-2014•Teacher: Terry Springer•Class level: intermediate•Topic:correct pronunciation of past tense regular verbs.•Goal: you will be able to recognize these last sounds, and begin to pronounce them correctly.

Objective: one of the most common pronunciation mistakes that native speakers of Spanish (beginners) make when speaking in English is the incorrect pronunciation of the past tense regular verbs, which is probably due to how they separate syllables in their L1. After this lesson, you should be able to correctly pronounce these past tense forms since this lesson would provide some explicit and friendly guidelines to facilitate this task and enhance your learning process

•Materials:

1. A computer.

2. Broad bandwidth internet connection (without this, you may have trouble accessing our class wiki).

3. Headset (optional). •Activities:

1.Create an account in Pbworks:

http://www.pbworks.com/

2. Edit your profile.

3. Upload your photo.

4. web search and find a list of common regular verbs in English, and bring them in our face-face class.

•Activities:

5. Watch the following videos about regular verbs and their correct pronunciation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j4pLoZlI2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNwlP4E0Ms0

6. Study the next slide of the past tense pronunciation, practise and try to be ready for our next face-face class.

/ t / / d / / id / 

stop = stopped look = looked wash = washed watch = watched like = likedwalk = walkedhelp = helpedwork = worked miss = missedrelax = relaxed 

learn = learned listen = listened play = playedenjoy = enjoyed live = livedstay = stayedopen = openedchange =changed love = lovedlearn = learnedcall = calledarrive = arrivedsmile = smiledclean = cleaned  

decide = decided want = wanted start = startedwait = waitedvisit = visitedinvite = invitedcommunicate= communicated  

•We pronounce / t / after voiceless sounds: / p /, / k /, / s /, / f / and voiceless / th / sound•We pronounce / d / after voiced sounds: / b / , / g /, / v /, / z/ , / m/ , /n /, / l /, / r / , voiced / th / sound and all vowels.•We pronounce / id / after / d / and / t / sounds.

Simple Past Tense Regular Verbs - ed Pronunciation

•Web sites used: url

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j4pLoZlI2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNwlP4E0Ms0The rationale for using these two above

mentioned videos is because, as far as I am concerned, they have very explicit explanations of the correct pronunciation of the regular past tense endings. Another reason for using youtube is due to the huge amount of links to other videos that students would have access to. This would most probably encourage them to do further pronunciation exercises.

 

Read the following dialogue. Write the phonetic symbol representing the sound of the ed-ending above each past tense verb. Practice the dialogue aloud in front of a mirror. Try to carefully pronounce all past tense endings!

o  Kathy: Tom, have you started your diet? I hope you haven’t gained weight. Tom: I boiled eggs and sliced celery for lunch. Kathy: Have you exercised at all. Tom: I walked 5 miles and jogged in the park. Kathy: Have you cleaned the house? Calories can be worked off that way. Tom: I washed and waxed the floors. I even painted the bathroom. Kathy: Who baked this apple pie? Who cooked this ham? Tom: When I finished cleaning, I was starved. I prepared this food for dinner. Kathy: Oh, no! I’ll take this food home so you won’t be tempted . I really enjoyed being with you. You diet is great! Tom: What happened? Somehow, I missed out on all the fun. (Dialogue taken from English Pronunciation Made Simple, Longman)

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