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LITERACY AND PRONUNCIATION
MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE
By: Judy ThompsonJudy Thompson
February 13, 2016
WHO THE HECK IS JUDY THOMPSON?⦿Canadian ESL teacher with a special interest
in teaching confident, fluent English SPEAKING
⦿Created Speaking Canadian English for foreign-trained professionals at Sheridan College
⦿ In 2009 published English is Stupid, Students are Not and did a TEDx talk on Three Secrets you Need to Know about Spoken English
⦿ Joined LinkedIn and made over 8,000 connections which took me to South Korea, Brazil, OUP in NYC, Spain, UK, USA, Radical English...
Still about Judy⦿English is Stupid is
taught in 40+ countries⦿3 more books including the
world’s first Sound Dictionary - Grass is Black
⦿Founding member of Radical English an international organization of master teachers dedicated to the reform of education
⦿Preparing to launch online teacher training and student fluency courses in 2016
WHAT IS LITERACY?
1. the ability to read and write2. knowledge that relates to a specific
subject
As a result of this webinar you will be able to teach the founding principles of Spoken English which is a specific subject, at the same time as teaching reading and writing
AGENDA⦿ Identify the significant, unique problems
for teaching English literacy⦿ Identify and begin at the logical
beginning: names, ABC, colors⦿Use simple tools to resolve the special
challenges of learning EnglishStudents have enough information in their first week of school to establish all of English pronunciation for all of time – so it’s a great start
THE BIG PROBLEM WITH ENGLISH IS IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE
HOW DO YOU SPELL THESE WORDS?
/iz//wuz//wun/ /uv//huw/
/siks//hed//laf//naym//wimun/
SEE, ENGLISH DOESN’T MAKE SENSE
/siks/ six/hed/head/laf/ laugh/naym/ name/wimun/women
/iz/is
/wuz/was /wun/ one /uv/ of
/huw/ who
IPA PHONETIC ALPHABET 1886
ɪŋglɪʃ fənɛtɪk ælfəbɛt
GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES
⦿Students don’t need a phonetic alphabet yet but teachers do
⦿Teachers need to see the whole picture so they can select the parts that are important for students learn
⦿What teachers learned and what students need – there is a big difference
TRUE LITERACY
⦿Hold a pencil and print their names⦿Copy letters and sing the ABC song⦿Color names red, white, black, green, blue...⦿Numbers 1 to 10 ⦿“Hello.” My name is _____.
I’m from ________. I speak ________.”
GOOD NEWSTeach using the patterns of English that are always true then ABC, names and colors are all the tools students need
SPEAKING ISN’T DIFFICULT
CANADIAN AND AMERICAN
FREE VIDEO SUPPORTPart 1 of 5 videos in a YouTube video playlist teaching Literacy students on YouTube http://bit.ly/1QoLjkx
WHAT COLOR IS YOUR NAME?
RECAP⦿First things a students learns in a new
language are the perfect tools to teach pronunciation: ABC, name and colors
⦿Colors are the simple, all inclusive connection from reading/writing to listening/speaking
⦿What colors are the letters of the alphabet?⦿What color is your name?
For pronunciation, determine the color
of each word as it is learned
PLEASE SIGN UP⦿Sign up for free materials and notices about
upcoming webinars:⦿www.thompsonlanguagecenter.com⦿ [email protected]⦿Free Videos on Thompson Language Center
YouTube channel⦿Recording available for 7 days until Feb 20⦿www.RadicalEnglish.weebly.com