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Lesson 1: Listening Activities on the Internet Go to Randall's Cyber ESL Listening Lab . Pick two listening activities in the "Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes" section and do the activities. Write down the names of the quizzes you did to bring to class tomorrow (July 11, Thursday). |
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Lesson 2: Using Internet Dictionaries The Internet has many dictionaries that serve different purposes. In this lesson you will learn about some of these dictionaries and compare their features. Your task is to investigate their features using the chart here . Have fun! |
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Lesson 3: [iy] and [I] Here is some practice with the sounds of [iy] as in beat and [I] as in bit. Click on the links below to try out the activities. Activity #1: Listen
to the sounds for [iy] and [I] . |
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Lesson 4: [ey] and [E] Here is some practice with the sounds of [ey] as in bait and [E] as in bet. Click on the links below to try out the activities. Activity #1:
Listen to the sounds
for [ey] and [E]. Learn how to pronounce them. |
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Lesson 5: [ae] and the contrast with [E] Here is some practice with the sound of [ae] as in bat and [E] as in bet. Click on the links below to try out the activities. Activity #1:
Listen to the sound
for [ae]. Learn how to pronounce it. |
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Lesson 6: More practice with vowels You can find great practice activities for all fourteen vowels and dipthongs in English. This link gives you a helpful chart of the vowels with their pronunciations. Then click on this link to the Sounds of English page on vowels and you can pick the specific vowel you want to work on. Have fun! |
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Lesson 7: Practice with Consonants There are also great websites for learning about and practicing English consonants. For a helpful chart of the consonants of English, click here . Conversation Cathy has tons of interactive activities with consonants you can try out. Have fun! |
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Lesson 8: Final [-s] and Final [-ed] These activities will introduce final [-s] and final [-ed] and give you some online practice with these important endings in English. Activity #1: Learn
the different pronunciations for final [-s]. |
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Lesson 9: Practice with Superclusters When words join together in connected speech, many consonants join together to form superclusters. Practice saying these poems and tongue twisters to practice superclusters. Activity #1: Listening and Pronouncing Superclusters in Tongue Twisters. Here are three tongue twisters that you can listen to and then try to repeat. Great practice with superclusters!
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Lesson 10: Word Stress In every word of English, there is
one main emphasized syllable. Learn about some guidelines for English
word stress and practice with some online activities.
Activity #1: Learn about word stress using listening activities and an excellent chart. Activity #2: Practice hearing word stress with this online word stress activity . You can also practice counting the number of syllables with the same words. Activity #3: Here is another practice with guessing the word stress. You need Quicktime to do this activity. Activity #4: Take this quiz about the word stress difference in the numbers 13 and 30, 14 and 40, and so on. This is where word stress can really affect your meaning.
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Lesson 10b: Sentence Stress Stress is also used in sentenced
to emphasize important words (content words). Words that are less important
are not emphasized (structure words).
Activity #1: Learn about sentence stress. Then check out the rules for sentence stress . Activity #2: Practice with content and function words. Activity #3: Stress can also be used to show emphasis in a sentence. This lesson will explain how stress can be used in a sentence to change meaning and express emotion.
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Lesson 11: Reductions English stress is used for both words
and sentences. Syllables that are not stressed are usually reduced.
In this lesson you can learn about how to reduce syllables and practice
listening to and making reductions.
Activity #1: Learn about reductions and listen to examples of reduction in both words and sentences. Activity #2: Practice reductions in words to see if you can guess which syllable is reduced. Activity #3: Learn about reductions in phrases . Then click on practice and quiz to do interactive activities about reductions in phrases. back to top |
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Lesson 12: Linking Words are rarely pronounced by themselves.
They blend together to form the rhythm of speech in English. Learn
about and listen to common linking in American English in this lesson.
Activity #1: Learn about common linking patterns . Includes a great chart and practice activities. Activity #2: Listen to common American linking and reduction. A good resource for practice. Activity #3: Click here for more indepth information about linking. This information is more advanced. back to top |
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Lesson 13: Rhythm and Thought Groups Speech in English is divided up into
thought groups. These thought groups use stress, reduction, linking,
and intonation to create the English rhythm. Learn more about thought
groups and rhythm here.
Activity #1: Learn about thought groups. How are they divided? When do you pause? The answers are here. Activity #2: Try some more practice with thought groups by finding the stressed syllable in each thought group. back to top |
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Lesson 14: Intonation and Meaning Intonation is used in English to
ask questions, express emotion, and sometimes to convey meaning. Learn
about common intonation patterns and how to use them in this lesson.
Activity #1: Learn about the six ways that intonation are used in English. This is a good introduction to understanding intonation. Activity #2: Learn about and practice intonation for questions. This online lesson explains and gives practice for using intonation patterns in questions. Activity #3: Learn about how to use the rising-falling tone for statments and questions. Then you can take a listening quiz with this intonation pattern. back to top |
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