By Luisa and Noriko

Description of class

Language Proficiency level: low intermediate

Class size: 12 students

Age: 15 to 25

Native Language background: varied

Class needs or goals: pronunciation practice of th sound: voiced and voiceless

Objectives

To enhance students’ motivation in pronunciation skills.To provide students with opportunities to use the sound /th/ in various activities (from controlled to communicative ones).To provide students with enough input so that they can make a distinction among the sounds /th/, /t/, and /s/.To facilitate students’ communication skills by improving the pronunciation of /th/, /t/, and /s/.

Procedure 1

Explanation of the place of articulation of the sounds /th/, voiced and voiceless by using the side and front views of the mouth

Procedure 2

Comparison of the front and side views of /th/ with /t/ and /d/

Comparison of /th/ sound with /s/ and /z/

Use of the software Pronunciation Power

1- Practice of the pronunciation of the sounds /th/ voiceless and voiced

2- Play the side view animation

3- Play the front view video

4- Record the sound /th/ and compare the student’s waveform with the instructor’s one

5- Exercises:

Sample words

- Repetition of group of words - record yourself saying the words

Comparative word - Practice of words with similar sounds- (choral repetition) - Individual recording of difficult words

Listening Discrimination

Practice of recognition of a word in a sentence

1- Pair work:

- Students listen to the sentences and negotiate the correct answer

Sentences

Practice of sentences: link the pronunciation of asound with normal speech

Game:

1- Split up students into two groups: A/B

2- Give 5 sentences to each group

3- Students practice how to pronounce the sentences correctly and fluently

4- Each group presents the 5 sentences orally

P.S. The group which presents the 5 sentences correctly wins the game