Tip to teach proper pronunciation:

  

             

   Tip to teach proper pronunciation:

            Yet proper pronunciation has played an important as a major part of learning the English language. The number of words with similar sounds but different meanings can cause much confusion if correct pronunciation is not taught and learning pronunciation by drill is another popular method and can be effecting for some particular when combined with the study of the inconsistent pattern of English spelling. In order to teach pronunciation properly we have to follow some following steps:

            Step one: Introducing phonemes

            The phoneme is the one sound which makes the distinct difference between similar words. For example, in the “at” family of words (cat, fat, mat, sat) the phoneme is the beginning letter ( /c/, /f/, /m/, /s/) using phoneme to teach pronunciation focus on these distinct units of sound: the best way to begin is by having students listen for and identify these differential sounds; have students repeat the sound ‘tip’, ‘dip’, ‘tuck’, ‘duck’. Drawn the diagrams of how to hold the lips and tongue can also be helpful. Moreover, visual learners may also benefit from the symbols of the phonetic language to help differentiate between phonemes that are written the same but sound different for example the ‘th’ in the two words ‘thank’ and ‘there.

            Step two: practice phonemes

            Once students have grasped the concepts and can identify phonemes, they will need to practice making the sound accurately. Pronunciation diagram is very important; the sound likes ‘r’ and soft ‘g’ and others sound are articulated inside the mouth and they can be frustrating for students to try and duplicate. Diagrams of correct positioning of the mouth and tongue for these sounds can be found in many books and blown up for larger classroom. Learning a second language require a reprogramming of the brain, new neural path must be created to process the new information.

            Step three: words pronunciation

            When teaching on the phoneme level, we take noise and make them significant and when we work on pronunciation a new set of barriers appears. By the way, fear of failure makes them stiff and nervous and this is after readily apparent in their demeanor; to relieve such anxiety, repetitive verbal game such as Jazz chants, hand clap, rhymes and other structured activities can help them and it can allow students to concentrate on pronunciation and intonation and it will help to boost self confident.

            Finally: a word on accents

            The main objective here is not to achieve some hypothetical standard of English pronunciation, but to merely ensure that all students can be readily understood. Game can be useful here to break the ice lesson tension about accents. Impersonations are a won markedly wonderful to help students improve their pronunciation and have a fun as well. The students will notice that they are improving their pronunciation through as they mimic the speech pattern of their favorite actors and celebrities. 

            Tips for teaching Vocabulary:

            Teaching vocabulary is the most difficult task for English teachers. They need to understand the children nature and teach them accordingly because in the class they are mix level of students (heterogeneous) thus students need to give more exercises and make them to practice until they gain perfection. Actually, teaching vocabulary can also include completing the phrases and matching between cities and places. An exercise correcting sentences can also help a lot of High school English. We can use power point for presentation to boost memory power of a student.

            Since the students need to be motivated to learn new words constantly, it is important that it is as interesting as possible and teacher can vary the types of exercises strategies and activities using the four stages of vocabulary learning: it is important that it is as interesting as possible teacher can very the types of exercises strategies and activities using the four stages of vocabulary learning:

          

  Stage 1: Noticing the words the visual element:

. Flash cards,

.Pictures

            Stage 2: Recognition:

True/ False,

Categorize the words,

Matching ( this category is huge with both open and closed types of exercises). Matching the word to its definition, L1, L2 opposites, adjectives and nouns, verbs and adverbs, word to the picture, match two words that go together.

.Multiple choice

.Drawing the word

.Bingo game

. Circle the words you hear

Stage 3: production

.Answering the questions

.Guessing games: I am thinking of

.Picture description

.Miming

Some basic tips and strategies for practicing new vocabulary:

.Personalize: teacher can ask ‘Do you have a dog at home?’ and ‘what animals do you like best?’ .

. Teacher numbers of each word: students say the number of each word as it is called or show the number of fingers for controlling the level of classroom noise.

.I am thinking of a word: teachers describes the word and students guess the meaning.

There are four stages in acquiring new words:

. The learner notices the new word ( with help).

.The learner learns to recognize it( with help).

.The leaner recognizes it on his or her own.

.The learner can both recognize and product it.

Ways to make learning new words interesting: make the lesson as enjoyable as possible if you

enjoy your work, the students will en joy your lesson.

            How to teach kids time management skills:  

            ‘Time and tide wait for none’. This proverb should be assimilated to our younger generation. Actually, when the time is lost, it can’t be regained. A proper time management can help in minimizing work pressure and it’s also very significant to work effectively in this fast moving era and it should be learned in a very early age thus it will become habit.

            Children always learn better when they expose themselves to experiencing things practically so that there are some of the tools that teachers can use to students aware of the time management skills:

            1-Make a planner with dates and enough space where students can write their assignments, tests or projects to be done. By this ways students can better plans their activities.

            2-Write downs the major tasks or assignments in bold letters so that these can catch your students notice each time. Update the planner once the work is done.

            3-They should manage time for sleeping, playing, studying, and eating a part from other activities. These are major tasks that we do each day.

            4-Ask your students to suggest you some time saving tips. By this way students would be encouraged to manage their time properly.

            5-Studying smaller amounts of information for several days is more effective than one marathon all-nighter so that the kids should be encouraged to finish their homework in due time so that they would not become a burden in the eleventh hour.