Module teaching and integrating language skills lesson 1

Activity 3. Voice projection
Objective: to raise students’ awareness of voice projection
Time: 15 minutes
Materials: Handout 4
Procedure:

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  State that it is not easy to speak loudly and clearly to a large or noisy class without distorting the sounds of the language and the natural intonation patterns. Explain to students that in this activity they will practice projecting their voices retaining natural stress and intonation patters.
  
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  Divide students into two groups. Ask groups to stand in front of each other. The distance between them should be one step.
  
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  Distribute Handout 4 and ask them to work with their partner standing in front of them. Students in group 1 start reading the teacher’s part of first dialogue to their partners, loudly so that their partner can hear, but at the same time as natural as possible.
  
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  Their partners should listen critically and tell the problematic things they have noticed.
  
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  Ask students change roles and act out dialogue 2. Now the distance between them should be two steps.
  

N.B! It is good to expand the distance between students step-by step until they reach the end of the class. This will make students practice modifying their voice according to the distance. However make sure that the class does not bother other classes because of noise.

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  Elicit students’ impressions on the activity.