MIU Valeria Fuentes MET 4
MIU Valeria Fuentes MET 4
MIU Valeria Fuentes MET 4
Group 1: Sounds
Teaching activity: Phoneme bingo
How this activity / material relates to sounds (phonemes): This activity was about
sounds, I think it trains the ear of the students so that they can differentiate words
that have almost the same pronunciation, but that are not the same and have some
minimal different sound.
Benefits / effectiveness: Students begin to recognize sounds and then it helps the to
practice their pronunciation since different sounds start being familiar. I think
listening helps a lot to remember sounds and learn to pronounce them well over
time.
Group 3: Prominence
Pronunciation aspect: Prominence
Teaching activity: Stress and meaning
How this activity / material relates to (prominence): This lesson showed students
how changing the tonic syllable in a sentence can completely change the focus. In
addition, the presentation explained how students can exaggerate the stressed
syllable in sentences. Finally, teachers demonstrated to students how to do this and
what effects changing each stressed word in the same sentence had.
Benefits / effectiveness: Students can be clearer with what they want to say and
what they want to focus on in a sentence.
Group 5: Intonation
Pronunciation aspect: Intonation
Teaching activity: Word conversation with intonation patterns.
How this activity / material relates to (intonation): This activity shows students
the importance of intonation, as the feeling you have can confuse the person you are
talking to and at the same time it can change the way you say something. If you say
it too seriously, it can sound a bit rude and can make the person you're talking to
uncomfortable. Practice repeating the same sentence with different intonation or
feelings, teach students to correctly use the feeling they want to transfer.
Benefits / effectiveness: Students will be able to use intonation patterns and how
to correctly express what they want; they will be ready to show the right attitude in
conversations.