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TECHNIQUE OF TEACHING PRONUNCIATION ie PHONICS

DRILLING MINIMAL PAIRSPRONUNCIATION

AND SPELLING

RHYTHM AND

INTONATION

VISUALIZING

PATTERN

DEFINITION

Students repeat wordssaid by teacher.Teacher usesprompts, pictures,mime etc, to help theprocess along.

Words or utteranceswhich differ by onlyone phoneme.Teacher must selectrecent words instudents learningexperiences.

Pronunciation relatedwith spelling.Homographs

As students practicespeaking, they areinternalizing thesounds and patternsof the language.

Approach uses visualcues to help studentsinternalize the stressand intonation.

STRENGTH

Help students

achieve betterpronunciation

Help remember new

items

Good advantage in

classroom as a wayof focusing onsounds

Can be apply to a

multilingual class

These may be used

as the basis ofmany types ofactivity

Proper stress,

intonation and pitchpatterns will improvethe production ofvowels and

consonants, as wellas the meaning.

Aid students with

little experience inEnglish and studentswith learningdisabilities

Help students getthe informationthorough differentchannels

TEACHERS

ROLE

Providing a model ofthe word or phrase forthe students to copy.

Ensure a balance ofeveryone getting asmuch help

Decide what isrelevant to their classat a particular time

Incorporate differentlearning styles, orlearning modalities.

Incorporate learningmodalities to assist inthe process.

STUDENTS

ROLE

Response to teacher,memorize new words

Students help eachother to work onsounds/ teach peers

Listen to sentencesand choose thecorrect spelling

Hear the patternscorrectly andreproduce them.

Students listen andrepeat the stress.

EXAMPLE

OF

ACTIVITIES

Chaining ; back chainand front chain, drilling; open pair drilling andsubstitution drilling,Bingo, rhyming words,tongue twisters

Tick the words whichhave same sound. Discriminationexercises, dictated,listening/ readingexercises, drilled.

Limericks, tapping,exaggeration,changing the meaning,questionnaires andsurveys, directionsand instructions

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