Teaching Pronunciation

Teaching the Sound

1. Hearing Sounds

2. Producing Sounds

3. Correcting Pronounciation Mistakes

Teaching Word Stress

Teaching Sentence Stress

Teaching Intonation

Step 1: Distinguishing

Step 2: Identifying

Articulation of Individual Sounds

"the same - different" activity with a pair of words

identifying sounds using pictures

don't be tricked

keep up

multiple-choice sounds

triplets

sound dictation

pronouncing to hear

repeating sounds

slurring and bracketing

diagrams for pronunciation

testing the teacher

using the written forms

repeating with ordinary stress and intonation

repeating with extra stress and length to the 'wrong' part

comparing the mistake and the correct form

writing down the word and underlining the 'wrong' part

letting learners find mistakes without help

using taps for the stressed syllables

length of the stressed syllables

gestures

underlining the stressed syllables

tapping the rhythms

explaining the way the rhythm works and giving models

reading poetry aloud

a snowball

gestures

a snowball

drawings of intonation patterns

copying