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Interactive TH Sound Pronunciation Lesson

Low intermediate class for 12 students, aged 15-25. Varied native language background. Goals include enhancing motivation, practicing TH sound, distinguishing TH from T and S, and improving communication skills. Activities involve articulation practice, sound comparisons, software usage, word repetition, listening discrimination, and sentence pronunciation games.

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Interactive TH Sound Pronunciation Lesson

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  1. Pronunciation lesson Pronunciation lesson By Luisa and Noriko

  2. Description of class Language Proficiency level: low intermediate Class size: 12 students Age: 15 to 25 Native Language background: varied Class needs or goals: pronunciation practice of th sound: voiced and voiceless

  3. Objectives To enhance students’ motivation in pronunciation skills. To provide students with opportunities to use the sound /th/ in various activities (from controlled to communicative ones). To provide students with enough input so that they can make a distinction among the sounds /th/, /t/, and /s/. To facilitate students’ communication skills by improving the pronunciation of /th/, /t/, and /s/.

  4. Procedure 1 Explanation of the place of articulation of the sounds /th/, voiced and voiceless by using the side and front views of the mouth

  5. Procedure 2 Comparison of the front and side views of /th/ with /t/ and /d/

  6. Comparison of /th/ sound with /s/ and /z/

  7. Use of the software Pronunciation Power 1- Practice of the pronunciation of the sounds /th/ voiceless and voiced 2- Play the side view animation 3- Play the front view video 4- Record the sound /th/ and compare the student’s waveform with the instructor’s one

  8. 5- Exercises:  Sample words - Repetition of group of words - record yourself saying the words Comparative word - Practice of words with similar sounds- (choral repetition) - Individual recording of difficult words

  9. ListeningDiscrimination Practice of recognition of a word in a sentence 1- Pair work: - Students listen to the sentences and negotiate the correct answer

  10. Sentences Practice of sentences: link the pronunciation of a sound with normal speech Game: 1- Split up students into two groups: A/B 2- Give 5 sentences to each group

  11. 3- Students practice how to pronounce the sentences correctly and fluently 4- Each group presents the 5 sentences orally P.S. The group which presents the 5 sentences correctly wins the game

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