WHACHATALKIN’BOUT? A LOOK INTO TEACHING MEANINGFUL

PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

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WHAT’RE WE DOING?

IMPORTANT STUFF• DEFINITIONS• TEACHING INTEGRATED

PRONUNCIATION STRATEGIES (TIPS)

• PROGRAMMING

FUN STUFF• PERCEPTION ACTIVITIES• PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES• BRINGING EVERYTHING

TOGETHER

SOME DEFINITIONS

• SEGMENTAL• SMALLEST UNIT OF SOUND

• SUPRA-SEGMENTAL• VOCAL EFFECT THAT EXTENDS OVER MORE THAN ONE UNIT OF

SOUND (SEGMENTAL) • THOUGHT GROUPS• CONNECTED SPEECH• STRESS SYLLABLES/ SENTENCE STRESS• INTONATION ETC.

THE INTEGRATED APPROACH• PRACTICES AND USES SEGMENTALS IN

CONTEXT• FOSTERS AWARENESS OF THE RULES AND

EXCEPTIONS • NURTURES LEARNER AUTO-CORRECTION• ACCUMULATES AND SCAFFOLDS LEARNED

ITEMS• CELEBRATES OWNERSHIP AND LANGUAGE

SUCCESSES• CREATES AN ACCOUNTABLE AND

MEASURABLE SYSTEM FOR FAIR EVALUATION

PROGRAMMING• IN ITS OWN COURSE

• STARTS WITH A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTS COMMON ERRORS

• BALANCES A SYSTEM OF SEGMENTALS AND SUPRASEGMENTALS

• INTEGRATED SKILLS• REQUIRES EXPLICIT TEACHING• RELATES THE STRATEGIES BACK TO

THE TEXTS OR AUDIO FILES IN THE COURSE

LET’S EXPLORE!  SegmentalFocus Bi-labials and labio-dentals:

/p/ and /f/, /v/ and /b/

Perception activities 

1) Songs2) Minimal pair discrimination: pairs, groups, and authentic resource

Production activities

1) Minimal pair discrimination2) Production tasks: Bingo, Tongue twisters

TRY THESE:• POKER FACE: HANDOUT PAGE 1• SCREEN ACTIVITY: HANDOUT PAGE 2-3, PART 1• MORE YOUNG PEOPLE PLANT THEMSELVES IN FARMING:

HANDOUT PAGE 4

• STUDENT SCREENS: HANDOUT PAGE 3, PART 2• TONGUE TWISTERS: HANDOUT PAGE 8• BINGO: HANDOUT PAGES 9-10

THEN…Suprasegmental

Focus 1) Thought groupsOR2) Connected Speech

Rules 

1) How to divide thought groupsOR2) Different types of linking, reduction, and elision

Perception 1) Hearing the pauses and understanding the messageOR2) Hearing the meaning words as they blends with function and other meaning words; identifying elided sounds

Production WorksheetOff-lineOnline (voicethread)

TRY THESE:

• THOUGHT GROUPS- MORE YOUNG PEOPLE PLANT THEMSELVES IN FARMING: HANDOUT PAGE 6

• CONNECTED SPEECH- MORE YOUNG PEOPLE PLANT THEMSELVES IN FARMING: HANDOUT PAGES 7-8

ALTOGETHER Section 1: Segmental

Bi-labials and labio-dentals /p/, /f/, /v/, and /b/

Perception and Production activities

Show students HOW to autocorrect

Integration Use the same source to link or pull together other TAUGHT parts of pronunciation

Perception andProduction activities

Model HOW language sounds together

Section 2: Suprasegmental 

Thought GroupsORConnected Speech

ONLINE ALTERNATIVE EXERCISES VIDEOS- LIP-SYNCING:• MCGURK EFFECT• HTTPS://WWW.DROPBOX.COM/S/O5GQUG6GR5

TU1VG/MCGURK.MP4?DL=0

• JACK• HTTPS://WWW.DROPBOX.COM/S/38PYWVR5HA

YBDKX/YESOOK.MP4?DL=0

• SHERRY• HTTPS

://WWW.DROPBOX.COM/S/9PU4RCXALEYPB2T/SHERRY%20%27%27THE%20SHOW%27%27.MOV?DL=0

SEGMENTAL PRACTICE:• HTTPS://VOICETHREAD.COM/SHARE/5162354/LIPSYNCH:• HTTPS://VOICETHREAD.COM/SHARE/5694043/GO TO: VOICETHREAD.COM• USERNAME: DTAN@YORKU.CA• PASSWORD: TESL15

• HARUNA AND YESOOK (BEGINNER)HTTP://GOANIMATE.COM/VIDEOS/0ISNKFT4PJ_W?UTM_SOURCE=LINKSHARE&UTM_MEDIUM=LINKSHARE&UTM_CAMPAIGN=USERCONTENT

• HARRY AND JEREMY (ADVANCED) HTTP://GOANIMATE.COM/VIDEOS/0NZNOV-VCPMM?UTM_SOURCE=LINKSHARE&UTM_MEDIUM=LINKSHARE&UTM_CAMPAIGN=USERCONTENT

MARKING THEM FAIRLY

• ASSESS ONLY WHAT IS TAUGHT• EVALUATE ONLY WHAT IS LEARNED

RUBRICS

PEER EVALUATION

IMPLICATIONS

• SUSTAINS LANGUAGE LEARNING• SCAFFOLDING

• PRESENTS OBJECTIVES IN A CLEAR AND ORGANIZED MANNER

• BUILDS UPON PREVIOUS LESSONS• SYNTHESIZES THE OLD AND NEW INFORMATION• ALLOWS FOR ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT

EVALUATION