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WHY TEACH PRONUNCIATION?

• It improves students’ pronunciation and intonation.

• It helps students to understand the emotions people want to transmit according to their tone of voice.

• It helps students transmit their own emotions when speaking.

WHY TEACH PRONUNCIATION?

• It helps students to become more fluent and to speak more natural.

• It provides students with new vocabulary.

• It makes students think in the target language.

• Students learn about different accents in the target language.

LESSON PLAN

• There are many aspects of teaching pronunciation.

• The following Lesson Plan is focused on four aspects that we consider important: sounds and stress, homophones, tongue twisters, and intonation.

• The activities are examples of how we can use technology in the classroom to teach our students pronunciation in a fun way!

1. ACTIVITY: SOUND, STRESS, INTONATION!

• Students will be reading two sentences each from the paragraphs until finish it. Recognizing the pronunciation similarity in words.

Let’s do an online practice on English Sound, stress, intonation

http://www2.vobs.at/ludescher/pdf%20files/Pronunciation%20exercises.pdf.

2. ACTIVITY: HOMOPHONES!• The teacher will dictate

words to you.• Write them down, and

then check with a partner.

• Did you write the words in the same way?

Some words in English are pronounced exactly the same, but differ in Spelling.

HOMOPHONES• Let’s do an activity on homophones!• You will have to complete an online

crossword with homophones.• Which group can do it fastest?

http://www.esltower.com/PRONUNCIATION/interactive/homonyms-pre-intermediate/index.html

3. ACTIVITY: TONGUE TWISTERS!

• Tongue Twisters can be a good pronunciation practice!

• How fast can you say this tongue twister without making a mistake?

TONGUE TWISTERS!• In groups, listen to different tongue

twisters and practice saying them!

http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/a/ttwister_peter.htm

4. ACTIVITY: INTONATION!• When we communicate, we use words,

body language, and intonation.• What do you think is most important?• The teacher will say the same sentence

with different intonation.• How does the meaning of the sentence

change?• Why is it so important to use intonation?

INTONATION!• Listen to the speakers and then choose the

answer that best describes the feeling in the recording.

• The teacher will assign two students who write the conversation down, and later read it to the class.

• How well did they use intonation?

http://www.englishmedialab.com/pronunciation/upper-intermediate%20intonation%20exercise.htm

Remember that that if intonation is lacking, the speaker might seem uninterested and could be considered rude by native speakers.

CONCLUSION• It is important to teach pronunciation so we can be

understood by native or second language speakers, and we are able to understand them.

• Using technology is an excellent way to teach pronunciation because there is a great variety of online exercises on the different aspects of pronunciation, and our students can become familiar with different accents being exposed to them on the internet.

• It makes learners more secure in their speaking, and reduces the fear of not understanding different accents.

• Teaching pronunciation using online exercises can be a very successful and fun way to improve your students’ pronunciation!

PRONUNCIATION IN THE FUTURE…

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• “How to Teach Pronunciation to ESL Learners”, author unknown. E-how. Retrieved on the 21th of October from http://www.ehow.com/how_4549513_teach-pronunciation-esl-learners.html.

• “A rationale for teaching pronunciation”.The rival virtues of innocent and sophistication. Retrieved from http://books.google.co.cr/books?hl=es&lr=&id=uAcOAAAAQAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA96&dq=rationale+for+teaching+pronuntiation&ots=9NpIJE01qx&sig=Q-xZrrHfTxD545SP5J3PTkp1bxU#v=onepage&q&f=false. Accessed on October 18th, 2010.

• “Teaching pronunciation”. Retrieved from http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/esl/pronunciation.cfm Accessed on October 18th, 2010.

• “Pronunciation & Intonation Teaching Materials”. Author unknown. ESL Galaxy. Recovered on the 16th of October from

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/pronunciation.html.