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Friday, April 5, 2013

Unit 9 Farm Life Teaching Pronunciation Activities


Dilek Yener
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LESSON PLAN                                                                                                                       
LEVEL:4th Grade
SUBJECT: Farm Animals  (Teaching Pronunciation )
OBJECTIVES: 
   1-Students will be able to memorize the true pronunciation of animals.
   2-Students will have opportunity to learn a new field of vocabulary with animals.
   3-Students have opportunity to use authentic language.
MATERIALS:
Beginning the lesson: The teacher enters the  class with  cards of animals in her hand. She sticks these pictures on the board. These pictures are about animals. The teacher wants to attract the students' attention to the topic and she also shows them the video. (www.manythings.com/ aol on) This video includes the pronunciation of animals (dog, pig, mouse, cat , chicken, duck, sheep, goat, cow, horse)
pig
dig
lip
ship
fish
pink
Sink
link
mouse
house
pour
group
mourn
course


cat
hat
lack
mad
bad
mad
Rat
bag
duck
hut
luck
up
cup
lug
Sum
sup
sheep
creep
bleed
beef
see
reef
Feel
seek
goat
float
board
load
toast
boat
Throat

cow
bow
low
snow
elbow
shadow
Yellow
tow

Stage 1 : Learning the farm animals’ correct pronunciation
Objectives: to attract students' attention,
                    to engage the topic with their background knowledge about farm animals (animal names sticked to the board),
                    to stir them up with the video,
                    to help them learn the new vocabulary items with visual and audial support and improve their pronunciation.
Materials: a short video, animal charts
Procedure:  After the teacher shows the pictures and introduces the topic, she shows the short video. This video includes the pronunciation of animals (dog, pig,mouse, cat, chicken, duck, sheep, goat, cow, house). After the students watch the video they also watch the teacher while she repeating the animal names on board.
Stage 2 : Attending to form
Objectives: Students will listen to the video and repeat the  pronunciation of animals together.
                    Students also will listen to the specific pronunciation patterns.
     Stage 3: Pronunciaton practicing, memorizing and checking activities
    Objectives:
  The teacher gives instructions; focusing on specific pronunciation of animals.
The teacher and the class play ‘Happy Sound Families  ‘
·         The aim of the game is to practice recognizing similarities between sounds/ discriminating sounds.
The charts ,which animals’names written on ,sticked to the board. There are another words on charts which have similar pronunciation patterns. Students are supposed to be group them into categories.
  Stage 4: Consolidating, recycling, extending, organizing, recording and personalizing        pronunciation
Objectives:  Students will be able to enter these animals ‘pronunciation into their long term memory,
                     Students will be able to personalized new pronunciation items and numbers.
Stage 5 : Developing strategies for  correct pronunciation
Objectives: Students will be able to become aware of a variety of clues to help guess and predict pronunciation. (metacognitive strategy ) Students  will be able to use a variety of clues to help them pronounce animals correctly with the help of ‘Happy Sound Families’ game.( cognitive strategy )                     

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