Namangan davlat universiteti ingliz filologiyasi fakulteti amaliy ingliz tili kafedrasi

Activity 1 Comparing activities
Objective: to explore different types of activities focused on phonological features in a context.
Time: 25 min

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  Distribute several activities and ask students in groups of 3 analyse them and fill in the table.
  
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  Discuss the answers.
  

Activity 2 Good phonology lesson
Time: 15 min

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  Ask them to brainstorm qualities of a good activity focused on teaching phonetics and phonological features in their groups.
  
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  Collect answers on the board.
  

Handout 1, Phonology Activities
Activity 1.
You are going to practise a few sounds. Repeat after the teacher:
[b] (* = let the students repeat the sound) [b] (*) [b] (*)
be [bi] (*) [bi] (*) [bi] (*), ,
bar [ba] (*) [ba] (*) [ba] (*)
bore [bo] (*) [bo] (*) [bo] (*)
[bi-ba-bo] (*)[bi-ba-bo] (*)[bi-ba-bo] (*)
[bo-ba-bi] (*)[bo-ba-bi] (*)[bo-ba-bi]


Activity 2
Here is an English limerick. In groups of four, prepare to read it aloud in the following ways:

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  With a strong mother tongue accent
  
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  With an American accent
  
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  With some irony and distance
  
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  Making it as lively as possible
  

There was a young lady named Wright,
Who could travel much faster than light
She set out one day
In her usual way,
And came back the previous day.
Activity 3
You should role play the following situation in groups of 3 – today it’s one of your groupmates’ birthday. You can use only one word: Banana. No other words are allowed to use.
Activity 4
You’re going to hear five pairs of sentences. Write down each pair using the appropriate punctuation to show difference in intonation. Compare your sentences with other students.

1. 
   ‘Who?’ said John. (*= pause for participants to write it down) / Who said ‘John?’(*)
   
2. 
   ‘A doctor!’ called Mike. (*)/ A doctor called Mike. (*)
   
3. 
   Why? Don’t you like it? (*)/ Why don’t you like it? (*)
   
4. 
   Lemon, tea and sweets. (*)/ Lemon tea and sweets. (*)
   
5. 
   See you. Later I’ll call you. (*) / See you later. I’ll call you. (*)’