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Fun with Phonics
Lina Londoño
Why being aware of phonetics?
• It helps improve oral performance.• It makes communication easier.• It helps gain self -confidence.• It helps learners interact with others and
with the cultural aspects.
Main phonetics concepts PronunciationFluencyIntonationStress AccuracyVowel soundConsonant sounds
Vowel sounds (Trouble makers)
Diagraph: cat, sad, animalLong [ i:] vs. Short [ I ] sounds: sheep vs. ShipLong [ u:] vs. Short [ U ] sounds: fool vs fullSchwa sound: up, girl, father, the
Consonant sounds not existing in Spanish
Soft continuous: she, shareInterdental sounds: the, they, thanks, think__ge sound: cage, age, rangerNasal sound in: ng, nk: thank, thing
Little problem makers• [ b ] vs. [ v ] sounds: best, vest• No mute or silent [ h ] in most cases: hello, hi,
he• Semi-vowels/consonants: [ ju] university• In words starting with “s” learners tend to add
“e”: student, school
Minimal pairs
• Words with all same sounds but one that makes the difference:
Cat – cut – kit – coat- KateLate- fate- rate- Kate- mateLeave- live- love- live*Case- cane- came- cake
Homophones • Words pronounced with exactly the same
sounds, but different spelling and meanings.One-wonIsle- aisleEight- ateWeather- whetherFour- forTwo-to-too
Homographs • Words written in one single form, but with different
meanings and sometimes different pronunciation.Tear BassContentBat Fine Second
False cognates • Words that are written in a very similar way in
two languages (English and Spanish) but mean two very different things:
Library Actual CollegeTerrific Apply MannersLecture Attend ModalsParents Assist FabricRelatives Carpet Idiom
Colored alphabet
Green letters; [ i: ]
B C D E G P T V Z
Colored alphabet
• Red letters [ E ]
F L M N S X
Colored alphabet
• Blue letters [ ju:]
U Q W
Colored alphabet
• Gray letters [ ei ]
A H J K
Colored alphabet
• White letters [ ai ]
I Y
Colored alphabet
• Orange letters
O R
Phonics materials • http://www.kizphonics.com/materials/• http://supersimplelearning.com/halloween/fla
shcards/
• http://www.mes-english.com/• http://www.esl-galaxy.com/• http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/
Lottery-like flashcards
Simple association flashcards
Cross curricular flashcards
Topic based flashcards
Alphabet association flashcards
Capital letters vs lower case letters
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