Level 2 Listening and Speaking Pronunciation Practice for Unit 1B- numbers/alphabet.

More jazz chants to bring joy and laughter to your class…..(ha ha)

Numbers

Pronunciation Blitz:

1B Jazz Chant

This practice aims to make the difference between teen and ty explicit (a very common problem among our students wouldn’t you agree!)

Look below and you will see the ‘lyrics’. These numbers should firstly be practiced in rhythm. After this, get the students to write a bingo type grid of three by three. Have them fill in the boxes with numerals that are similar eg: 13 30 15 50 etc. In groups of four they can play a game like karuta/snap whereby the person who wrote the numbers calls out a number and the other two players have to try and touch the correct number first. This will give them both oral and aural practice with numbers.

A)
Teen teennnn thir thirteen
Teen teennn four fourteen
Teen teennn fif fifteen
Teen teennn six sixteen
Teen teennn seven seventeen
Teen teennn eight eighteen
Teen teennn nine nineteen

B)
Twenty twenty ti ti ti
Thirty thirty ti ti ti
Forty forty ti ti ti
Fifty fifty ti ti ti etc

The Alphabet

Do Activity 3 on page 5 with an adjective and a noun of that letter instead of just any word. For example, angry ant, beautiful banana etc. Silliness is encouraged.

Choose good examples from around the class and write them on the board. Practise as a Jazz Chant.
First practise just the adjective combinations and then do the whole phrase: ‘A as in angry ant’ etc.

The reason for doing the jazz chant is that it clearly shows which words are stressed and unstressed. A as in ANGRY ANT

If you happen to have Chinese students like I do, they also tend to have a problem whereby they don’t release the final consonants (especially plosives like t/p etc), making it hard to understand what they say. Encourage students to release final consonants- angry anT.