A presentation based around teaching the linking /j/ in connected speech. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A useful topic to help with listening and speaking skills!
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A presentation based around teaching sentence stress in connected speech. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A fun topic!
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A presentation based around teaching the vowel sounds ‘ɪ’ and ‘iː’, using minimal pairs. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A fun topic!
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A presentation based around the pronunciation of ‘ed’ endings for regular past tense verbs (/id/, '/t/, /d/: decided, laughed, loved). First, you present a story, then you look at why and how the endings are pronounced the way they are. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A useful topic to help with listening and speaking skills!
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A presentation based around teaching the consonant sounds ‘s’ and ‘θ’, using minimal pairs. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A fun topic!
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A presentation based around teaching the vowel sounds ‘æ’ and ‘eɪ’, using minimal pairs. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A fun topic!
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A presentation based around teaching the vowel sounds ‘ɜː’ and ‘ɔː’, using minimal pairs. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A fun topic!
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A presentation based around teaching the concept of syllables in English. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. First, we cover the concept and breaking words down into syllables, then we look at stress and some general rules for syllable stress. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate/intermediate levels. An essential topic!
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A presentation based around teaching the consonant sounds ‘l’ and ‘r’, using minimal pairs. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A fun topic!
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A presentation based around teaching the consonant sounds ‘s’ and ‘z’, using minimal pairs. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A fun topic!
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A presentation based around teaching the different sounds in English (British RP). It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Introduces the phonetic symbols from the IPA charts. Highlights the disparity between sounds and spelling. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate levels. Could be adapted for elementary levels.
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A presentation based around teaching homophones in English. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from intermediate and above levels. A fun topic and useful for vocabulary review/building!
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A short presentation to practice consonant clusters with tongue twisters. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear practice of the topic. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. It is also suitable for native speakers who would benefit from tongue twisters. A fun topic for everyone!
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A presentation based around teaching the consonant to vowel connections in connected speech. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A fun topic!
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A presentation based around teaching and practising consonant clusters. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A fun topic!
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A presentation based around teaching weak forms in connected speech. The focus is on the schwa sounds within full sentences. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A useful topic to help with listening and speaking skills!
I recommend using it after the mini lesson on the schwa within words (intro to the sound itself).
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A presentation based around teaching the most common sound in English: the schwa! It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. This is not a lesson on connected speech - it’s an introduction to the sound and a reminder to students of how common it is! Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from elementary level onwards. A useful topic to help with listening and speaking skills!
I recommend then using the presentation entitled ‘Connected Speech: weak forms (the schwa in sentences)’ as a continuation of this topic.
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A presentation based around teaching the linking /w/ in connected speech. It can easily be adapted to suit different needs. Provides an easy to read, clear introduction to the topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic. This would be suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. A useful topic to help with listening and speaking skills!
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A series of presentations based around teaching some of the essential features of pronunciation in English. The lessons aim to help students with speaking skills, but, equally importantly, with listening skills. The lessons cover many phonemes (individual sounds) and aspects of connected speech.
They provide an easy to read, clear introduction to each topic with some practice. Clear, crisp graphics to help focus on the topic.
The ‘mini lesson’ presentations are generally suitable for ESL students from pre-intermediate to intermediate + levels. They can easily be adapted to suit different needs.
Each Zip file contains a Keynote, PowerPoint and teacher instructions.
The general topics are:
Sounds in English
Syllables
Vowel sounds, minimal pairs (x3)
Consonant sounds, minimal pairs (x3)
The Schwa sound: in words and in sentences (weak forms)
Consonant clusters (x2)
Consonant to vowel connections in connected speech
Linking sounds in connected speech (/j/ and /w/)
Homophones
ED endings in regular past tense verbs
Sentence stress in connected speech.
Great fun for the whole class an an opportunity to practice pronunciation, a skill that tends to be overlooked in class but that students love to learn about and feel more confident with!
-ED or -ING adjectives?
For ESL intermediate students.
3 accuracy practice activities (increasingly difficult).
2 fluency activities: (error correction in pairs (speaking) + question cards).
Instructions and answers are included at the end of the PDF document.
Second conditional: imaginary or impossible situations in the present or future
For ESL pre-intermediate students.
3 accuracy practice activities (gaps fills, error corrections).
2 fluency activities: (random question cards + ‘if I were you’ advice).
Instructions and answers are included at the end of the PDF document.
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