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Reflection/Discussion
Question
Can you think of an instance where
mispronunciation brought about confusion,
embarrassment, or some other type of problem?
What things have you noticed are hard for the
Vietnamese people to pronounce? (If you are
lucky enough to be Vietnamese, what was hard
for you to pronounce when you were learning?)

English spelling conventions are terrible.

Heart vs. Beard vs. Heard

Diet vs. Dies
Lord vs. Word

Ghoti

Why is this?
American English has over 40 phonemes YET the
alphabet has only 26 letters.

The IPA (consonants)

Sounds used in American

English

Bilabial /p/ /b/ /m/ /w/

Labiodental /f/ /v/

Dental // //

Alveolar /t/ /d/ /s/ /z/ /n/

/l/ //

Post Alveolar / / //
// //

Palatal /j/

Velar /g/ /k/

Glottal // /h/

Vietnamese single
phonemic issues
/s/ in the middle position,
// and // pronounced palatal affricative sounds,
/s/ and // pronounced /s/,
// and // pronounced /d/ and
/ch/, /z/ pronounced /s/, and
// pronounced // are caused by L1 transfer
/p/ v.s /f/

Ways to Practice
a) Minimal Pairs
dime time ( / d / and / t / )
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feet seat ( / f / and / s / )
and / t / )

rot lot ( / r / and / l /

meal meet ( / l /

b) Pelmanism - Memory game where Ss take turns trying to find

matching pairs of cards by which syllables are stressed.
c) Yes. Yes! YES! Ss compete to say a word or sentence in the
most extreme way they can. (i.e. Ss take turns being as angry
as possible and the angriest person wins.)

Explaining the
articulation:
and

Getting students to recognize the

difference: and s

1 hand =
2 hands = s

Vowels

Activities for Vowels

Minimal pair drills: (listening and speaking)
Individually
In sentences
In sequences

Repetition of specific sounds:

Sheep, she, usher, flashed, bush, rush
Tongue Twisters

Phone number activity.

1 bat 6 bite
2 bait 7 bot
3 bet
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8 boat
9 but
0 boot

Write down your phone

number
Find a partner and dictate
your coded phone number
to him or her. Please go
slowly!
Check to see if the numbers
are correct

Stress timed language

Mice eat cheese.

The mice eat cheese.

The mice eat the

cheese

The mice are eating the cheese.

Stress can change

meaning
You gave the apple to Nhung?

Activity
Choose a partner. One person should be facing
away from this powerpoint.
The person facing the Powerpoint should read the
questions.
The person facing away from the Powerpoint
should answer them in the form of No, I
Then the partners switch positions. New questions
will be given.

You have two sisters, dont you?

You work in a school, right?
Dont you have a red pen?
Is that your new car?

You have two sisters, dont you?

You work in a school, right?
Dont you have a red pen?
Is that your new car?

Intonation
a) It indicates grammatical meaning.
Its a nice day isnt it? (asking for confirmation; fall in intonation)
Its a nice day isnt it? (asking a question; rise in intonation)
b) It indicates functions.
Sorry! (apology; fall in intonation)
Sorry? (please repeat; rise in intonation)
c) It can change meaning.
I want to see the teacher Sam. (Sam is the teacher.)
I want to see the teacher, Sam. (Speaker is talking to Sam.)
d) It indicates the speakers attitude.
Id like to borrow some money.
You would? (asking for confirmation)
You would. (annoyance and criticism)

Always Remember
a) Dont distort when you model.
b) Be consistent when you model.
c) Move around the room and listen.
d) Keep your language to a minimum.
e) Bring variety to the classroom.
f) Dont forget to praise!

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Situation
One of your students is reading out-loud and
pronounces the word thistle as [dsl]
What do you do?
WHAT DO YOU DO

Error Correction
To decide whether to let an error go or not, you
should consider the following questions:
1.Does the mistake affect communication?
2.Are we concentrating on accuracy at the
moment?
3.Why did the student make the mistake?
4.Could the student react badly to my
correction?
5.Is this a mistake that several students are
making?

Techniques for correcting

spoken English
* On-the-spot correction:
Gestures
- Pull ear to show irregular past tense: ear sounds the same as the
first syllable in irregular.
Mouthing
Reformulation
Student: Last week, I went in the beach.
Teacher: Oh, really? Last week, you went to the beach, did you?
* Delayed Correction:
Noting down errors

Drilling
a) Full class choral
b) Individual choral (not the original student)
c) Original student choral.

Your turn
Look back to your list from the beginning of the workshop
describing problems for Vietnamese learners.
Develop an activity to share on the teachers space.