Workshops on PRONUNCIATION
Some of the short workshops are specifically for groups in non-TESL departments, and teachers in schools who want to brush up on their Conversational English skills.
These materials are useful for both improving your own English skills, as well as some ideas about how to teach an English course.
These materials are useful for both improving your own English skills, as well as some ideas about how to teach an English course.
English Pronunciation for Malaysians
This two-hour workshop was part of the IPGKDRI (Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Dato' Razali Ismail) JBB (Languages Department) 3-day retreat to Kota Bharu, September 4-6, 2012. It takes a brief look at some of the pronunciation differences between Bahasa Malaysia and Engish, and then there is a game of "Bingo!" and a game of "Typhoon!" for practice.
The "Bingo!" game was created using the Picture Bingo Card maker at eslactivities.com - I used the Picture Cards because the fonts supported in their regular word bingo do not support phonetic script. (They have a great Bingo Card maker for normal words, though!)
If you don't know about "Typhoon!", sometimes called "Blown Away!", you can find instructions here, and here. (Here is a link to the workshop manual from ELTC Conference 2011.)
Below is a downloadable PDF manual from the session. (It is created in greyscale for easy photocopying.)
The "Bingo!" game was created using the Picture Bingo Card maker at eslactivities.com - I used the Picture Cards because the fonts supported in their regular word bingo do not support phonetic script. (They have a great Bingo Card maker for normal words, though!)
If you don't know about "Typhoon!", sometimes called "Blown Away!", you can find instructions here, and here. (Here is a link to the workshop manual from ELTC Conference 2011.)
Below is a downloadable PDF manual from the session. (It is created in greyscale for easy photocopying.)
module_english_pronunciation_for_malaysians_bw.pdf | |
File Size: | 3100 kb |
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English Sound System
This is a short module for PPISMP (Semester 1) students in Language Development looking at Phonology, Stress and Intonation. But the material is more than is needed just for this course.
There is a teacher's module, and notes plan for the students, and a PowerPoint presentation, as well as a couple of other papers.
Here are the teacher's notes:
There is a teacher's module, and notes plan for the students, and a PowerPoint presentation, as well as a couple of other papers.
Here are the teacher's notes:
english_sound_system_teacher.pdf | |
File Size: | 1968 kb |
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Here are the students' notes:
english_sounds_students_notes.pdf | |
File Size: | 353 kb |
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Here is the PowerPoint file:
english_sound_system.pptx | |
File Size: | 8031 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
Here is a chart of phonetics symbols with English word examples:
chart_with_examples.pdf | |
File Size: | 119 kb |
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This chart has the example words only so that the students can practise putting in the symbols:
chart_examples_only.pdf | |
File Size: | 110 kb |
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This PowerPoint has examples to practise writing in phonetic symbols:
phonetics_examples.pptx | |
File Size: | 383 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
The examples can be used to play a class game such as 'Typhoon' - if you are not familiar with it, you can find an explanation here.