how to teach the phonemic chart - teacher training workshop
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PronunciationROSIE BARNES
Ghoti
How do you say this word?
Ghoti
How do you say this word?
Like “Enough”
Ghoti
How do you say this word?
Like “Enough”
Like “women”
Ghoti
How do you say this word?
Like “Enough”
Like “women”
Like “ambitious”
After this workshop, you will be able to… Show stress in words Recognise sound joining Read and write phonemic symbols Make activities that focus on students’ pronunciation problems.
1 – it’s easy, I’ve done this in my class before2 fingers – I think I can do this, no problem3 fingers – I have no idea how to do this.
The phonemic chart can help you to deal with these 3 things:
StressLinked speechSpelling
StressOne word = one stress “secondary” stressVITAL for being understood.
Yesterday, I ate a *********
How can you show the stress to the students?
Pomegranate
How can you show the stress to the students?
Pomegranate
Method 1: contrastPut the stress in different places to demonstrate
Method 2: GestureClapping, tapping on a desk
Method 3: Whiteboard
How can you show the stress to the students?
Pomegranate
• Method 1: ContrastPut the stress in different places to demonstrate
• Method 2: GestureClapping, tapping on a desk
• Method 3: WhiteboardUnderline, or use squares
How can you show the stress to the students?
VegetablePhotographPhotographerUnrecyclable
• Method 1: ContrastPut the stress in different places to demonstrate
• Method 2: GestureClapping, tapping on a desk
• Method 3: WhiteboardUnderline, or use squares
Method 4: Phonemic symbols
/ˈpɒ mɪ ɡræ nɪt/How do you show the syllables?How do you show the stress?
Activity: Put these words into groups with the same stress
Bad-tempered Begin Blackbird China Clever Comparative Competition Create Critical Decide Democracy
Dependability Export Geographic Geology Greenhouse Happy Indicative Jurassic Old-fashioned Overflow Pathetic
Personal Photography Photography Post office Pretty Relative Revelation Table Television Understand
Stress rules What do you notice about… 2-syllable nouns 2-syllable adjectives 2-syllable verbs Words ending in –ic Words ending in –tion and –sion Words ending in –cy –ty –phy and –gy Words ending in –ive Words ending in –al Compound nouns Compound adjectives Compound verbs
Sound joining
Linking: Marble Arch becomes marblarch Sound dropping (t,d) Bond Street becomes bon street Sound changing: Green park becomes Greem park Extra lettering: Anna and the king becomes Annner and the king Dancing with tears in my eyes – Dancing with tears in my yeyes
Dictation I will read 7 short things. I want you to write them down.
1.Mice pies or My spies2.Grey tapes or great apes3.Car pit or
carpet4. It’s an aim or it’s a name5.Grade “A” or grey day6. Ice cream or I scream7.The way to cut it or The waiter cut it.
Linked speech
Where dja wanna go? Where do you want to go? Watcha wanna do? Doncha wanna go ou’?
This isn’t laziness. This is how native speakers actually speak. The closer students can get to the idea of linking words together, the more natural their speech will sound, too!
Linked speech
Where dja wanna go? /wedjə wɒnə gəʊ/ Watcha wanna do? /wɒtʧə ˈwɒnə duː/ Doncha wanna go ou’? /dənʧə ˈwɒnə gəʊ aʊʔ/
Spelling Challenge – can you read the first verse of the poem?
Phonemic chart If the spelling can’t help us, how can we find out how to
pronounce new words?
Phonemic chart - vowels
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Phonemic chart - dipthongs
Phonemic chart - consonants
/h/ /s/ /f/ /t/ /k/ /p/
/v/ /b/ /g/ /d/ /z/ /l/ /r/ /m/ /n/
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Can you read the answers to these jokes?1. What begins with P, ends with E, and has 1,000 letters?
/pəʊst ˈɒfɪs/
2. What can you catch but not throw?
/ə kəʊld/
3. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
/ə stæmp/ 4. What do you call a fish with no eyes?
/ə fʃ/5. What do you call a deer with no eyes?
/nəʊ aɪˈdɪə/
6. What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
/stɪl nəʊ aɪˈdɪə/
How to write using IPA
Step 1: FORGET THE SPELLING. Just listen to the sounds. Step 2: break the word into syllables Step 3: Check which syllable is stressed Step 4: Write the word Step 7: Mark the stress Step 5: Write slashes “/” on both sides Step 6: Read to check
Race!Write the English alphabet the way we say it –
using the IPA.
A – /eɪ/B - /bi:/C - /
How to use it in the classroom
Miss Rosie, how do you say this word?
actually
Showing linked speech
Try writing these sentences in phonemic symbols.
Where dja wanna go? Where do you want to go? Watcha wanna do? What do you want to
do? Doncha wanna go ou’? Don’t you want to go out?
Linked speech
What do I want you to do?
Focusing on student problemsWhat sounds are difficult for Arabic-speakers
in English?pin binpeg begpen Ben
After this workshop, you will be able to… Show stress in words Recognise sound joining Read and write phonemic symbols Make activities that focus on students’ pronunciation problems.
1 – it’s easy, I’ve done this in my class before2 fingers – I think I can do this, no problem3 fingers – I have no idea how to do this.
