whachatalkin’bout? a look into teaching meaningful pronunciation practice danny tan
DESCRIPTION
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.TRANSCRIPT
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: [email protected]• 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