Letters that make two sounds
- Tell trainees that sometimes one letter will make two sounds.
(Examples include: mix and quick).
- Point out that, while this
may seem frustrating (and it will be for
learners too), the spelling of a word frequently represents
the sound
that it makes. (This is particularly true for consonant sounds,
but less
so for vowel sounds.) Tutors should introduce these types of
problems to their intermediate and advanced learners, after
they
have a firm understanding of the basics.
10 minutes
A: Sound Production
- Show overhead, How we make sound and introduce the seven
articulators.
- Show overhead, How we make sound (The Sound System
of
English) and note where these articulators are on the diagram.
Voiced and Unvoiced Consonants
- Tell trainees that consonants are divided into two main categories
- voiced and unvoiced.
- Introduced voiced consonants by having
trainees put their hands
directly underneath their Adam's apple and say the following
words:
- Have trainees say: pad, tore, coat, fan, Sue with their hands
directly
under their adam's apple.
- Introduce
"unvoiced" consonants.
- Have trainees say the following words,
reading each line from left to
right. Have trainees concentrate on how the articulators are
used
when reading each line. (The only difference between these
initial
sounds is that they are either voiced or unvoiced.)
| bad |
pad |
| door |
tore |
| goat |
coat |
| van |
fan |
| zoo |
Sue |
|