literacy and pronunciation - making the impossible possible

LITERACY AND PRONUNCIATION

MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE

By: Judy ThompsonJudy Thompson

February 13, 2016

WHO THE HECK IS JUDY THOMPSON?⦿Canadian ESL teacher with a special interest

in teaching confident, fluent English SPEAKING

⦿Created Speaking Canadian English for foreign-trained professionals at Sheridan College

⦿ In 2009 published English is Stupid, Students are Not and did a TEDx talk on Three Secrets you Need to Know about Spoken English

⦿ Joined LinkedIn and made over 8,000 connections which took me to South Korea, Brazil, OUP in NYC, Spain, UK, USA, Radical English...

Still about Judy⦿English is Stupid is

taught in 40+ countries⦿3 more books including the

world’s first Sound Dictionary - Grass is Black

⦿Founding member of Radical English an international organization of master teachers dedicated to the reform of education

⦿Preparing to launch online teacher training and student fluency courses in 2016

WHAT IS LITERACY?

1. the ability to read and write2. knowledge that relates to a specific

subject

As a result of this webinar you will be able to teach the founding principles of Spoken English which is a specific subject, at the same time as teaching reading and writing

AGENDA⦿ Identify the significant, unique problems

for teaching English literacy⦿ Identify and begin at the logical

beginning: names, ABC, colors⦿Use simple tools to resolve the special

challenges of learning EnglishStudents have enough information in their first week of school to establish all of English pronunciation for all of time – so it’s a great start

THE BIG PROBLEM WITH ENGLISH IS IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

HOW DO YOU SPELL THESE WORDS?

/iz//wuz//wun/ /uv//huw/

/siks//hed//laf//naym//wimun/

SEE, ENGLISH DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

/siks/ six/hed/head/laf/ laugh/naym/ name/wimun/women

/iz/is

/wuz/was /wun/ one /uv/ of

/huw/ who

IPA PHONETIC ALPHABET 1886

ɪŋglɪʃ fənɛtɪk ælfəbɛt

GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES

⦿Students don’t need a phonetic alphabet yet but teachers do

⦿Teachers need to see the whole picture so they can select the parts that are important for students learn

⦿What teachers learned and what students need – there is a big difference

TRUE LITERACY

⦿Hold a pencil and print their names⦿Copy letters and sing the ABC song⦿Color names red, white, black, green, blue...⦿Numbers 1 to 10 ⦿“Hello.” My name is _____.

I’m from ________. I speak ________.”

GOOD NEWSTeach using the patterns of English that are always true then ABC, names and colors are all the tools students need

SPEAKING ISN’T DIFFICULT

CANADIAN AND AMERICAN

FREE VIDEO SUPPORTPart 1 of 5 videos in a YouTube video playlist teaching Literacy students on YouTube http://bit.ly/1QoLjkx

WHAT COLOR IS YOUR NAME?

RECAP⦿First things a students learns in a new

language are the perfect tools to teach pronunciation: ABC, name and colors

⦿Colors are the simple, all inclusive connection from reading/writing to listening/speaking

⦿What colors are the letters of the alphabet?⦿What color is your name?

For pronunciation, determine the color

of each word as it is learned

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