Running head: 9.

ORIGINAL LISTENING-SPEAKING-PRONUNICIATION LESSON

PLAN
Dr. Zenobia A. James, PhD, NHA
9. Original Listening and Speaking and Pronunciation

Techniques and Strategies

The objective of this

listening, speaking and pronunciation lesson plan is to develop students essential

listening, speaking and pronunciation skills and to Introduce students to common

idiomatic sports expressions that are generally not taught in a language class. Students

are listening for main ideas; and are familiarize with the basic presentation, speaking

and note-taking skills (Google.com, 2018). Pronunciation will focus on helping students

develop speech clarity and listening comprehension. Additionally, students will review

and practice English rhythm, stress, and emphasis pattern and experience ways of

learning pronunciation and able to communicate with native speakers easily and

effectively (http://www.geos.net/tw/taiwan/geos-language-courses/elective-course-

english-pronunc.htm).

A Phonemic Chart Explained video, and an Interactive Phonetic Chart video are

used to help students understand and practice the sounds of vowels and consonants in

the English language. The Phonemic Charts will assist students to monitor their own

pronunciations, and compare, identify and produce effective pronunciations.

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The listening, speaking and reading selection used for this lesson is a short video

of Jason Kelce’s Epic Uncensored Super Bowl Championship Speech (31 Mike, 2018).

The caption feature of the video is available so that students might read the speech as

well as imitate the speech audioably. Jason uses some common idiomatic expressions

in the speech such as under-dog, top-dogs, hungry-dogs, freaking Iulus, clown,

Josephine the Saudi, best freaking tackle, bleeped him out, and civic pride that is

related to social-culture factors.

In addition to the video, students are given a Sports Idioms chart that has some

common idioms based on sports. Sports idioms generally originate from a specific sport,

but over time the phrases become something that can be used in everyday life.

Although most sports idioms continue to be used when discussing sports, they are also

common in other areas of life, particularly in the business world. Students can practice

using some of these idioms at school, work and social events (Englishclub.com, 2018b).

According to Fluentu, people everywhere love sports, and people everywhere

like to talk about sports. It is hard not to get excited about a national event like Super

Bowl 52 (Fluentu, 2018). Sports can bring people together as well as they may divide

people. Sports are often enjoyable conversation starters for English learners because

they like talking about sports so much and become a part of the language especially

when it comes to idioms.

Native English speakers use all kinds of idioms. Idioms are expressions that say

things that are not literal. If one does not know that someone is using an idiom, it might

sound like an individual is talking about something else. For one to become more fluent

it is important they understand and know idioms such as sports idioms (Fluentu, 2018).
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This listening/reading selection is appropriate for learners in a Job Training

program and is between the ages of 18 and 24. They are multicultural and are from

various regions in the United States and Latin America. Although many learners may

like football and watch it on television, they might not understand some of the idiomatic

expressions used by some football players and football fans including some football

analysts.

The language and speaking proficiency of these learners are at the primary level

(Z.A. James, personal communication, 2018).

This listening selection might help some student to observe speaking, voice,

tone, facial expression, jesters, excitement, and presentation. They will learn the

meaning and significance of the terms Mr. Kelce is using in his presentation; for

example, “Under-Dogs and Top-Dogs and Hungry Dog” and how they could use the

idioms in conversations other than sports (Z.A. James, personal communication, 2018).

The key to improving the language fluency of students is exposure and how often

one sees and hear English motivation and practice. For example, the more a student is

exposed to idioms they hear and use, the more understanding and using them will

become natural to a student. Additionally, the using of fun sources like YouTube video

clips with sports language, sports related comedy shows, and sports news in English

will motivate and help students to keep practicing the phrases they hear (Fluentu,

2018).

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9. Original Listening-Speaking-Pronunciation Lesson Plan
Teaching Video Link: Warm-Up
Business/Materials
Phonemic Chart Explained
Interactive Phonetic Chart
Start video at the beginning
Pronunciation-Idiomatic
Expressions
Jason Kelce's speech-Text (4)
Minutes
Imagery of the Eagles Victory
Parade & Jason Kelce’s Speech
Victory Parade and Epic
Speech
Graphic/Image: Vocabulary-
Define Underdog
Vocabulary Idioms from Jason
Kelce’s Speech
Vocabulary-Idiomatic
Expressions
Vocabulary: English Words You
Could Hear at An English
Football Game
Graphic/Image: Jason Kelce
Underdogs are Hungry Dogs
Graphic/Image: Eagles Were
Underdogs
Sports Idioms/Vocabulary
(English club)
 Basic  Intermediate  Advanced
Lesson Objectives
Students will develop the ability to identify and
produce English key sounds as well as basic
rhythm, stress and intonation patterns in context
Students will develop speech-monitoring abilities
for use outside of the classroom
Students will listen and speak naturally, using
contractions and reductions
Students will understand common, sports idiomatic
expressions
Students can identify the speaker’s purpose and
tone
Student can express ideas/explaining and
explanation
Students will ask and answer questions
Students will listen to others and respond
appropriately
Students will demonstrate speaking ability in group
discussion skills
Students will understand short informal
presentations (video clip) and student can give a
short informal speech
Students will prepare and practice to be an
effective speaker
(The American University in Cairo, 2018)
(Listening Speaking Goals, Student Outcomes,
2018)
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Sports Idioms Quiz & Answer (The Communication Trust, 2013)

Key
(http://www.geos.net/tw/taiwan/geos-language-
Video Clip: The Super Bowl
courses/elective-course-english-pronunc.htm)
Championship Speech with

Imagery of the Eagles Victory

Parade & Jason Kelce’s Speech
Victory Parade and Epic
Speech

Graphic/Image: Example of
Subtitle Caption Feature on
Jason Kelce's Speech Video

Whiteboard and Writing Pens

Jason Kelce's speech-Text (4)

Minutes

Rubric Speaking Evaluation

Speech Assessment Rubric

Warm-up and Objective Discussion

Warm-Up (15 Minutes) Pronunciation of Idiomatic Expression, Recycle
Information.
Students have previously viewed a video of the Eagles Victory Parade and Jason
Kelce’s Speech (Victory Parade and Epic Speech) for a recent class. Students have
also received a printed copy of Jason Kelce’s speech. The text (Jason Kelce's
speech-Text (4) Minutes) is the first four minutes of the transcript, and it contains
many of the idiomatic expressions Jason Kelce said in his speech. There are eight
students in the class. The students are paired and will practice reading the idiomatic
expressions and sentences like the way Mr. Kelce delivered the speech. Students will
have 3 minutes each to compare how their partner imitated the pitch, tone, stresses
and emotion and intelligence of the reading/pronunciation. What did the student learn,
and how can they apply their new learning?

Objective Discussion (15 Minutes) The instructor will discuss with students how
they will begin learning about the phonemic chart that shows the different vowel and
consonant sounds in English. Two video resources of the phonemic charts: one
explains the chart, and the other chart is interactive and are available on YouTube for
students to view and practice sounds outside of the classroom. Different sections of
the phonemic chart will be reviewed and discussed two times a week.
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Phonemic Chart Explained Interactive Phonetic Chart

Start video at the beginning
Students will practice pronunciation- idiomatic expressions Pronunciation-
Idiomatic Expressions

Instruct and Model

Instruct (10 Minutes) Questions, Listening and Speaking
The instructor uses discussion questions and asks students which NFL Football
Teams should she visit? And why? How should she travel? Where should she stay?
Who should go with her? What will I learn from the experience. The questions engage
students into critical thought, give their opinion, and the language is authentic.

Model (10 Minutes) Speaking

The instructor will write the questions and answer sentence-starters on the board.
Put students in groups of two. Student A asks questions and student B gives answers
(advice) to their partner using these questions. Students switch roles and do it again.
The questions are designed to be interesting and cause students to want to speak
and are real life.
Bolen, Jackie
Guided Practice (15 Minutes)
Listening and Interactive Speaking, Response and Imitation
Guide students in writing the Cornell Note Taking Process of Jason Kelce's Epic
Speech-UncensorEnglishclub.com (2018) Captions for Reading Out Loud . The
organized notes can assist students to ask questions, answer question and to get
information and practice speaking.

The instructor will encourage students to view and listen to the Kelce video. Show
students how to use the caption feature on the video so that they can read the speech
while it is happening and can speak as the student imitates the speech vocally. This
kind of practice allows for exposure to the English language in fun like environment.
Assist students in identifying and describing Mr. Kelce’s tone, jesters, vocabulary,
main idea and the purpose of the speech and the idiomatic vocabulary expressions.
The student's organized notes will assist students to demonstrate group discussion
ability. Therefore, they can ask and answer questions and interrupt to get information
(Interactive speaking).

The instructor will walk around the room to observe that students are actively involved
in the guided practice, and to identify issues the need to be addressed.

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Independent Practice (10 Minutes)

Listening and Interactive Speaking
Group Activity

Put students into four groups. There are three persons in each group. Each group will
select a sports idiom from the sports idiom chart; A sport and idiom they like or prefer.
Each person in the group will read out loud the sports origin, idiom, meaning and an
example sentence. Then each student in the group will describe the tone, and jesters
a student made during the reading the speech.

This practice develops turn taking, expressing ideas and describing and listening to
others and responding appropriately and is an interactive speaking activity.

Assessment
Assessment is a difficult project-referred to as Impossible Tasks. This project will
take two weeks for students to prepare for the challenge.

The students will memorize and practice a 4 minutes section of Jason’s

Kelce’s speech at the Eagles’ Victory Parade. The student will receive a
printed copy of the speech, and a video showing the Victory Parade while
at the same time listening to Jason talking the speech. The Student will
perform the speech in front of visiting teachers, and visiting students from
other classes, in addition to students of this class. The student should
reference or acknowledge the idiomatic expressions he/she discussed
that are in the speech. A speech presentation rubric is used by the
observers so that they can give appropriate feedback and assess the
speaker. The student will receive a copy of the rubric as he/she prepares
to speak so that the student knows the criteria for performing the speech.
The student can work with a partner.

Jason Kelce's speech-Text (4) Minutes

Rubric Speaking Evaluation Speech Assessment Rubric

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References

31 Mike. (2018). Jason Kelce's Epic Speech (uncensored) at Eagles Super Bowl

Parade [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN5eBYejv1g

The American University in Cairo. (2018). Goals, objectives and learning outcomes.

Retrieved from http://schools.aucegypt.edu/academics/eli /IEG/Pages/Goals,

%20Objectives,%20and%20Learning%20Outcomes.aspx

The Communication Trust. (2013, October 9). Planning lessons with speaking and

listening as a focus. Retrieved from http://www.thecommunicationtrust.org.

uk/nopensdaywednesday

Echevaria, Short, & Vogt. (2018). Adapted from Making content comprehensible for

English language learners.

Englishclub.com. (2018a). Sports idioms quiz. Retrieved from https://www.englishclub.

com/ vocabulary/idioms-sports-quiz.htm

Englishclub.com. (2018b). Sports idioms and vocabulary. Retrieved from

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/idioms-sports.htm

Fluentu. (2018). 10 English sports idioms for office talk casual conversation and more.

Retrieved from http://fluentu.com/blog/english/english-sports-idoms/#

Google.com. (2018). Objectives for listening. Retrieved from

https://www.google.com/search?gs_ivs=1&q=objectives+for+listening#tts=0

Listening Speaking Goals, Student Outcomes. (2018). Retrieved from

http://www.eli.ufl.edu/academics/LS.pdf