Evidence from spontaneous speechwords have many different soundshapes, of which the citation form is only one. For a variety of reasons, many words in english are not pronounced the way they are spelled, and some sounds can be represented by more than one combination of letters. Effective english learning eltc selfstudy materials tony lynch and kenneth anderson, english language teaching centre, university of edinburgh 2012 2 lets explore first the assumption that pronunciation is something that can be changed by teaching. Pronunciation activities introduction learners are often worried about pronunciation, but you do not need to sound like a native english speaker to be able to communicate in english. An action research study of pronunciation training, language learning strategies and speaking confidence english is a vehicle for international communication. Rhyming pair game kate joyce, british council this activity is a pronunciation and memory game. Write minimal pairs on the back of playing cards and ask students to play pelmanism with the pairs that match.
Pronunciation practice activities a resource book for teaching english pronunciation. In my own experience as a university student i studied the rules for stressing words and i practiced stressing the most common words then i verified them in my dictionary. Teaching pronunciation to adults tefl teaching tefl tales. These activities have pretty worked well for me with students aged 916. It doesnt matter if youre looking for a simple onpaper exercise, a lighthearted activity, or a highenergy game somewhere in our collection youll find exactly what. Give the student the bag of word cutouts see word cutout sheet below. Kirsten schaetzel, georgetown law center, washington, dc. Hi walesone, for this lesson there is an online version of the worksheet as well as a pdf version called pronunciation skills. Word match a minimal pairs game for teaching pronunciation. We need to distinguish between goals and pronunciation activities can serve the goal of listening.
We will use games, tongue twisters, rhyming and other fun activities to practice. Practical activities to help students with english pronunciation. When they do find the time to address pronunciation, the instruction often amounts to the presentation and practice of a. Teaching pronunciation used to involve little more than identifying and practising the sounds of which a language is composed, that is to say, its phonemes. Nov 22, 2015 pronunciation game ed this is a game designed for students to identify and practise the pronunciation of ed in the past simplepast participle forms of regular verbs. Instruct the student to separate while saying them out loud the word cutouts according to voicedvoiceless th. Vanishing dialogue is just one suggested activity in this poster all about teaching pronunciation. The sound of english pronunciation studios student course book.
It covers the teaching of five aspects of pronunciation. A practical approach is a pronunciation textbook with listening and conversation practices to accompany activities. How to teach english pronunciation with pictures wikihow. Pdf icon syllables worksheets activities that help learners recognize syllables and. Word stress, sentence stress, intonation, and word linking all influence the sound of spoken english, not to mention the way we often slur words and phrases together in casual speech. Esl pronunciation activities to help with teaching pronunciation.
Pronunciation exercises need to be repeated and recycled. This feeling can produce a covert resistance to exercises that practice these aspects of spoken english. Pronunciation practice activities this pdf is a teaching resource book for teaching pronunciation. Teaching pronunciation to adults, department of immigration and citizenship, sydney. Need a little more help with your professional development. Techniques for teaching pronunciation linc 15 the following are suggested activities for teaching individual sounds as well as other aspects of pronunciation such as stress, rhythm, and intonation. Pronunciation practice this pdf offers pronunciation games and activities as well as word lists. Six readytogo sets of pdf worksheets that help preintermediate learners recognize syllables and understand their role in english pronunciation. Teaching efl pronunciation how to teach efl pronunciation. Improve pronunciationawareness of voiced and unvoiced th.
Teaching pronunciation teachingenglish british council. Teaching pronunciation tesol international association. It is often the focus of speaking or listening exercises but you can even include pronunciati. Pdf pronunciation practice activities a resource book for. Some sounds rarely occur in other languages, so clearly explain how students should use their lips and tongues to form unfamiliar sounds. To begin with, teachers often find that they do not have enough time in class to give proper attention to this aspect of english instruction.
You will need to produce a set of cards for each group with one word on each card. It allows your students to practice the target language in a safe environment where mistakes are no big deal. General ideas for teaching pronunciation elt planning. In this second installment, there are several practical ideas and resources for teachers to use that can help students improve their pronunciation in. Minimal pairs worksheets each worksheet has five activities that encourage discrimination between minimal pairs. Learners are often worried about pronunciation, but you do not need to sound like a native. Pronunciation activities practical activities to help students with. Drilling get students to pronounce the words chorally in class copying your pronunciation or one from a listening text. Pronunciation work has traditionally taken a secondary role in language.
Some techniques for teaching pronunciation detailed instructions for two pronunciation activities. I recently wrote a post about some of the characteristics of english pronunciation and what teaching it might entail. It deemphasized pronunciation in favor of grammar and vocabulary because 1 nativelike pronunciation was an unrealistic objective and could not be achieved scovel, 1969. It works best if you split the class into small groups. Pronunciation activities practical activities to help. The 230 pronunciation worksheets here on draw inspiration from every topic imaginable from basic vocabulary and grammar to popular songs and movies. Brief teaching pronunciation to adult english language. Teaching english pronunciation is a challenging task with different objectives at each level.
Each gamesheet can be used to play three different games maze, snap. In order to meet the demands of modern society, english teachers need to pay more attention to the development of learners competence and focus on a more effective and successful method. Nevertheless, correct pronunciation is without doubt a fundamental feature of successful communication in the english. Pdf icon syllables worksheets activities that help learners. Syllables worksheets activities that help learners recognize syllables and understand their role in pronunciation. The significance of pronunciation in english language teaching article pdf available in english language teaching 54 march 2012 with 55,296 reads how we measure reads. Elementary which you can find under related resources. There are different accents in the united kingdom and other countries where english is spoken as a first language. Sounds click play all and then click playlist to choose a video. Teaching english pronunciation is a tricky thing to do. Pronunciation articles teachingenglish british council. Role playing is an important communicative activity.
Theyll get a feel for what its like wielding the language in different situations and contexts. The abc of teaching pronunciation to children authorstream. Teaching pronunciation teachingenglish british council bbc. It is important for esl teachers to assist their students with pronunciation. Teaching pronunciation is often a neglected or ignored in english language. Pronunciation worksheets esl worksheets englishclub. Start by introducing how to pronounce english vowels and consonants. Brief teaching pronunciation to adult english language learners. The following exercises on word stress are taken from clarity. For a more complete discussion of the history of pronunciation teaching methods, see celcemurcia et al.
Center for applied linguistics 4646 40th street nw. Our goal in teaching pronunciation is not to rid learners of their own accents and distinctive ways of speaking. Pronunciation involves far more than individual sounds. Pronunciation practice activities, cambridge university press, cambridge. Pronunciation exercises this pdf provides vowel practice, stress and intonation support. In this second installment, there are several practical ideas and resources for teachers to use that can help students improve their pronunciation in a range of ways.
Choose methods and activities that combine both aspects of pronunciation so that the combination works best for you and your students. The video activities on this page help to improve your listening and your speaking skills. Students must be helped to understand that reduction is a. Stress and emphasis arent things that most people can learn from studying through computer programs and textbooks. However, clarity in communication is the most important goal and learners accents can sometimes be an obstacle to comprehension.
This guide on how to teach pronunciation provides a short overview of the main issues to be addressed at each level, as well as pointing to resources on the site, such as lesson plans and activities, that you can use in class to help your students improve their english pronunciation skills. Teaching pronunciation an expressive skill is the just the other side of teaching listening a receptive skill. Resources on pronunciation are listed under pronunciation in classroom resources, and pronunciation terms can be found in the pronunciation. Integrating pronunciation into classroom activities. Pronunciation activities for children pronunciation is the act or manner of speaking a word. Pdf the significance of pronunciation in english language. Pronunciation activities practical activities to help students with english pronunciation. Pronunciation teaching exercises and ideas for english. There are lots of useful ideas for you to use in the classroom. Research and pronunciation learning and teaching 3. A phonics resource for esl adults mouth diagrams and representative words showing various spellings for every english sound. It comes with three sets of cards at three levels of difficulty, so it can be played with students of any level from elementary to advanced. Learning and understanding english language pronunciation is essential for esl students. English pronunciation teaching strategies or techniques are available to teachers in the classroom.
Pronunciation teaching exercises and ideas for english language. You can hand out the list to students and have them practice pronouncing the words with a partner and then call on students to try to pronounce. Pronunciation of final s and es worksheet pdf final s with. Word match a minimal pairs game for teaching pronunciation by adult esl games the aim of this minimal pairs game is to get learners to notice problems they have with different but similar vowel and consonant sounds and to practise reproducing the correct sound.
An action research study of pronunciation training, language. Pronunciation teaching some questions and answers 15. Many teachers say theres just not enough time to teach pronunciation. Teaching pronunciation tends to be avoided by teachers.
The present project follows on from these projects the report and two cdroms, and seeks to provide detailed frameworks for teachers to use in working on pronunciation. This blog post is available as a convenient and portable pdf that you can take anywhere. Minimal pairs practise especially always seems to motivate my students, and weak forms in connected speech are fun too. Phonologypronunciation features quite a bit on that course, so i want to offer our teachers an ideas bank to help them explore this area in class here are a load of random pronunciation activities to try out in class. Pronunciation activities for learners of english pronunciation. It begins with a teaching pronunciation introduction, followed by word stress, rhythm, intonation, consonants and vowels. There are different accents in the united kingdom and other countries where english is spoken as a.
Since theyll all involve speaking and listening, theyre naturally engaging and interactive games. Word stress worksheets games and other activities to help students with word stress. Pronunciation activities for practising english and. Ee ling low, national institute of education, nanyang technological university, singapore. After teaching the spanish sound system, i use this list of words to check students ability to apply pronunciation rules to new words. This pdf document will help you to know which problems relate to specific first languages. English pronunciation can be tricky, especially for esl english as a second language learners. If you teach in countries like thailand it is like a boomerang, a problem that always comes back with many students. Practical pronunciation worksheets for the esl teacher. Teaching pronunciation involves a variety of challenges. The reason that i bring up these fundamental pronunciation issues is that they are the most commonly dealt with in adult textbooks and, secondly, that they are the often glossed over too quickly by. On the worksheet, students sort words into the correct columns according to their number of syllables.
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