ESL Lesson Plan for Intonation | Speechpeek Blog I teach this lesson to my ESL students in my Oral Communications class. I usually start my class with a pronunciation tip, such as this one, because my students find it helpful and fun, and it loosens them up for the rest of the class session. I like to arrange the desks so that they form a “U”. This arrangement is helpful for both pair and large group work. INSTRUCTION (5-10 minutes) I start the lesson by explaining what Intonation is and why it’s so important: I then show how intonation is used correctly: Intonation should fall at the end of declarative statements. Examples: That’s my house.I like apples. Intonation should rise at the end of questions or statements expressing doubt. You’re moving? IN-CLASS EXERCISES (20-25 minutes) After the instructional part of the lesson, I then give my students time in class to practice what they just learned. In pairs One of them would be Student A, and the other would be Student B. Student A: You ran fifty miles. Student A: He drank all of the wine.
World Wide Words International Dialects of English Archive Live map of London Underground trains Loading... Powered by Leaflet — Map tiles © Thunderforest, data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Live London Underground map By Matthew Somerville. Data collected: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 08:33:02 +0100 <div style="border: solid 2px #cc0000; padding: 5px; width: 70%; margin: 1em auto;"> I'm afraid that this page requires JavaScript to draw the maps and plot move the trains, which isn't possible with just HTML. More information Hide What is this? This map shows all trains (yellow dots) on the London Underground network in approximately real time. I have similar things for the London buses and National Rail, and an awesome bookmarkable train times journey planner. — Matthew How does it work? Live departure data is fetched from the TfL API, and then it does a bit of maths and magic. Who did this? Matthew Somerville (with helpful hinderances from Frances Berriman and James Aylett). Originally built at Science Hackday, June 2010.
American and British English For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in British and American English: M–Z. Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other dialect; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively. Additional usage notes are provided when useful. A[edit] B[edit] C[edit] D[edit] E[edit] F[edit] G[edit] H[edit] I[edit] J[edit] K[edit] L[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] Note: the below are general references on this topic. Bickerton, Anthea (1985). External links[edit] The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary – an online dictionary of British slang, viewable alphabetically or by category
Topological Maps (Graphs By Another Name) Although many people think of a line graph when they hear the word "graph", the success of online social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo has popularised another use of the word, in the sense of "the social graph". This actually makes reference to a mathematical structure known as a graph, a network like structure that describes how sets of points (more correctly referred to as nodes) are connected to other points (i.e. other nodes) by edges that describe some relationship (or relation) between them. One of the most widely know graphs is the graph of the London Underground (which also just happens to be a topological map - that is, a map with all the superfluous information (relative to the task at hand) removed from it: As with the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, so recognisable is this visual representation and the 'visual literacy' conventions it has established, that its design ideas have been widely adopted elsewhere. Try the interactive travel time tube map.
Pronunciation Poem - Dearest Creature in Creation - Study English Pronunciation That English Pronunciation Poem! Listen to this tricky little poem and you can practise your pronunciation and listening skills, and don't worry if you don't know all the words and their different pronunciation. Even Lynne got Arkansas wrong the first time round! In fact, this was the first poem Lynne ever recorded for the site, and she's re-recorded it three times now, just to improve the quality. This will probably be the last time, unless someone buys her a recording studio. You will still need a compatible player and an up to date browser. Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. Just compare heart, beard, and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word, Sword and sward, retain and Britain. Billet does not rhyme with ballet, Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet. Ivy, privy, famous; clamour And enamour rhymes with hammer. Query does not rhyme with very, Nor does fury sound like bury. Liberty, library, heave and heaven, Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven. Could you do better?
Tongue twisters /i/ & /ι/ long & short | the small guide site The words: /I/ mit, fit, grit, dip, wit/i/ meet, feet, greet, deep, wheat /I/ chip, slick, rim, slip, sin /i/ cheap, sleak, ream, sleep, scene Tongue twisters:1. He took a chilly dip six feet deep in the sea. How do you...? Conversation Questions How do you...? A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom. How do you use the phone? How do you make ice? How do you get dressed? If you can think of another good question for this list, please add it. Thanks to Rhett Merz who suggested this topic and contributed the first 39 questions in January 2005. American English Dialects map North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns Small-Scale Dialect Map The small map below is the same as the Full-Scale Dialect Map that follows, but shows the entire width of the map (on most monitors). 24-Aug.-2010 Click on any part of this map to move to the equivalent part of the Full-Scale Dialect Map. Full-Scale Dialect Map Instructions For many of the cities or towns on this map, you can listen to an audio or video sample of speech of a native (more specifically, someone who was raised there, though not necessarily born there, and whose dialect clearly represents that place). The cities and towns with a large dot are those which are larger or more important in each state or province. Use the scroll bars to move around on this map, or, even simpler, start at the tiny map above and click the country (U.S. or Canada) that you want to look at. The entire map is clickable, taking you to the list of samples for that state or province. Help! Map Notes Other Sources 1. 2.