229 FREE Pronunciation Worksheets Pronunciation - sometimes known as “pro-nuhn-see-EY-shuhn” - is one of the simplest ESL topics to explain, at least in theory; and also one of the hardest for students to get exactly right. As you know, there’s a big gap between grammatical fluency and native-sounding speech - and even long before that, in ESL levels one and two, it’s crucial to make sure students pronounce their vocabulary words in ways that’ll be easily understandable to native speakers. But sometimes, they just can’t seem to hear the difference between their pronunciation and yours - which can be a tough barrier to break through. Depending on the level of your class, you might take any of a number of different approaches when teaching pronunciation. Whatever your approach, BusyTeacher.org has 229 pronunciation worksheets to back you up. The 229 pronunciation worksheets here on BusyTeacher.org draw inspiration from every topic imaginable - from basic vocabulary and grammar to popular songs and movies.
Film clip | All at C Main Activities Prediction, listening, grammar (wishes) and speaking. Suitable for Teens and adults, Pre-Advanced (B2.2) and above. TEACHER’S NOTES (Click here for a pdf of theTeacher’s Notes.) Put students into groups of three or four. Tell them that they’re going to see a short extract from a film. Show the film from 07:18 to 10:11. Then ask them to discuss the following questions: What’s happened to the woman? Get some theories from the groups and write them up on the board. Now see if anyone can answer this question: Which word did she use eight times? Ask them if they can remember any of the things she said using it. Show them the scene again, but don’t let them write as they watch. Let them decide if they’d like to see it one more time to check/improve their answers. Display or hand out the answers. Ask them to divide the sentences (except 3 and 4) into two groups with different meanings and forms. Now display the plot summary so they can see how close their theories were in step 3.
English Pronunciation We use Cisco wireless in all our buildings for convenient and immediate online access. You will need the following for the files below: English Pronunciation/Listening We use the popular Can8 VirtuaLab for all our digital language lab programs. Unit One: TH, as in THINK, BATHROOM, and TEETH. Watch this QuickTime movie on the word 'Thought' to see how to correctly make the 'TH' sound (894k). Unit Two: TH, as in THOSE, MOTHER and SOOTHE. Watch this QuickTime movie on the word 'Thy' to see how to correctly make the 'TH' sound (725k). Unit Three: L and R, as in COLLECT, CORRECT, LAMB, and RAM. Minimal Pairs (228k) In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except for one sound. Unit FOUR :i and I, as in SEEN and SIN. Minimal Pairs (228k) In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except for one sound. Unit FIVE: s, sh, and ch. Minimal Pairs In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except for one sound. Unit SEVEN Our Address at OUC:
Top 10 Tips for Conducting an Exceptional Interview Conducting interviews (especially audio or video interviews), however, is not easy. At least good ones that are worth people’s time. Although most of the content is generated by the person you are interviewing, most of the responsibility to fashion an interview worth consuming still lies in your hands – and it’s not just about asking the right questions either. It’s about genuine interest, flow, vibe, sincerity, concern, digging deeper, defining the unclear, attracting stories, avoiding awkwardness and being conscious about all of that at the same time. After conducting 20 interviews of my own and being interviewed in more than 30 (and listening to several more!) Two words: Your Audience. Don’t forget. 8. You should prepare a list of questions that will act as sort of a template for the interview – a guide for the path that you want to take from start to finish. Not a shopping list that you should stick to 100%. As far as the questions themselves, here are a few basic rules: 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2.
‘Aloud’ or ‘Out Loud’? | Grammar Girl To read out loud and to read aloud mean the same thing, but in the old days, aloud was the only cultured option. In the early 1900s, usage guide writers looked down their noses at out loud and called it “colloquial.” Today, out loud and aloud are both fine, although aloud still feels more high-brow and formal. Which word people use seems to vary depending on the context and the exact phrase. But even in published books, in some phrases, out loud is more common. The quick and dirty tip is that you can use either aloud or out loud—whichever sounds more natural to you—but if you want to be a stickler, aloud is probably better for solemn or formal occasions such as asking someone to “read aloud” in church. To continue following along with the podcast, open the next segment in a new window: How to Craft Strong Voice. Get more tips like this in Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master in No Time: Print: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s
ESL Yes 1,600 Free ESL Short Stories, Exercises, Audio Describe a Pie Chart | Hugh Fox III Pie Charts normally show proportion, which can be measured in percentages or fractions. This chart shows the relative size of populations of countries of the European Union in 2007. So we can only make comparisons; we cannot say anything about change. We can see that the country with the largest population was Germany with 16.6% of the European Union’s population. We do NOT know from this chart which country has the smallest population because the 21 smallest countries are included in one group. You can see that the four largest countries (Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy) together make up more than half of the European Union’s population. You CANNOT say that Poland has the smallest population: 21 other countries have populations smaller than Poland’s. The twenty-one smallest countries of the European Union make up nearly 30% of the population. This chart shows the relative size of populations of countries of the European Union in both 1998 and 2007. Pie Chart Graphics Workbook
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne Lesson Plans The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is the story of an innocent and ignorant boy whose father is the commandant of the concentration/death camp Auschwitz in Nazi-controlled Poland during World War II. Though the book is written in third person/omniscient point of view, the author has Bruno use his unknowing voice, calling Auschwitz “Out-with”, and the Fuhrer (Adolf Hilter) “the Fury”, to show his true misunderstanding of all that is actually happening around him. For more information about teaching The Holocaust, see our History of the Holocaust Teacher Guide. Storyboard That also offers an extended image pack (included with subscription) which contains graphic imagery, including Holocaust victims and Nazi soldiers and symbols; due to the nature of this material, it is hidden by default. CLICK HERE to modify your account settings. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary Bruno is unabashedly against the move, protesting loudly to his mother and to his maid.