HOW TO TEACH SOME SOUNDS IN ENGLISH?

Strategies to teach

pronunciation

Sound: /θ/

1. The teacher tells students a very short story.

Kathy is a young woman who was going to move a new

apartment. She needed some help so she asked her friends: Theo and Thelma. The move

goes well. And, what happened at the end???

2. The teacher shows students what happened at the end of the story in a sentence.

Kathy thanked both Theo and Thelma for everything.

3. Students realize the sentences is a little bit difficult to pronounce because there is a strange sound for them.

LENGTH

4. The teacher explains the sound: /θ/ = TH 5. In order to practice this sound, the

teacher show students three words:

WIDTH DEPTH

6. Then, the teacher shows a lunchbox and indicate:

7. The teacher shows a city map. Students can see streets, avenues, places, and people who are there.

Hathaway

theather

3RD

5TH

4TH

6TH

7TH

kathy

Thackery park

Theo

Dr. Thayer

Thorton way

South Avenue

North Avenue

Arthur

Smith bakery

Cynthia

8. The teacher gives some examples to make the exercise.

Where does Kathy live?

She lives on North Avenue.

 

Who lives close to Kathy?

Theo. 

9. The students work with the partner for a short time.

10. Finally, the teacher shows the sentence (the end of the story which the teacher read in the beginning of the class)

11.The students can read this sentence easily because they were practicing the sound TH in several contexts.

Kathy thanked both Theo and Thelma for everything.

Sounds: /s/ - /ʃ/

1. The teacher shows these two pictures.

2. The teacher asks students:

What sound does the snake?Ssssssssssssssssss

What are Laurel and Hardy doing?They are saying: shhhhhh

What sound does the snake?Ssssssssssssssssss

What are Laurel and Hardy doing?They are saying: shhhhhh

3. The teacher explains the sounds with some examples.

4. Then, the teacher shows a flipchart with many words in a box using the sounds: /s/ - / ʃ/.

SHE CLASH SEE SHELL SUIT SHOOT

SHIP SEA CLASS SIP SELL BLUSH

SEAT CRASH SHEET SHOP SOME SHIFT

SAND FISH SERIOUS STONE PUBLISH STEP

FLASH SYSTEM BRUSH SAY STUFF FRESH

5. Two students go to the board. Each student has a flyswatter.

6. One student of the class says one word of

the box. The students who are in front of the

board put his flyswatter on the word quickly

and say the word aloud. The student who put

the flyswatter first wins the game.  

Sounds: /s/ - /z/

1. The teacher shows the following pictures.

2. The teacher asks students: What sound does the snake?

Ssssssssssssssssss

What sound does the bee?Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

3. The teacher explains what the difference between these two sounds is. The teacher gives some examples.

4. Then, the students make a circle to start a game.

5. The teacher explains the game: “The

Blighted phone”.

6. The teacher has a piece of paper with many words. The teacher tells a student one word (any of them) in his ear.

7. Each student passes the word, (the student has to pronounce well in order not to blight the phone), and the last student tells the word aloud. (The student who starts the game changes in order that all students participate).

Words:

seek, zeal, sack, zoom, sun, buzz, surf, zap,

soup, peace, hers , gas, bus, nurse, juice, lose