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Vietnamese Speakers PDF
Vietnamese Speakers PDF
VIETNAMESE STUDENTS:
WHICH ASPECTS SHOULD WE FOCUS
ON AND WHAT ARE SOME EFFECTIVE
TECHNIQUES?
Intonation
Consonant clusters
Word stress
a) toMORrow
b) repeTItion
c) REcord (n), or reCORD (v)
Common Vietnamese difficulties
Activity A
Activity B
Individual sounds:
point to the phonemic chart
exaggerate your mouth position
show/draw a picture of a mouth diagram
explain if a consonant is voiced or unvoiced
explain how it differs from a VN sound
follow up with a tongue twister
write an S on the WB, and point to it when
students dont say it
drill the word
Techniques for teaching pronunciation
Consonant clusters:
write the word in phonemic script
Word stress:
write the word with the stress over it
Sentence stress:
mark the stressed words
Intonation:
write the intonation pattern on the WB
explain the rising and falling tendencies of
intonation in WH- and Yes/No questions,
statements, and tag questions
draw the pattern in the air with your hands
demonstrate the difference with and without
intonation, e.g., if sounding friendly or polite
drill the sentences
Feedback
Applying the teaching techniques
to some common mistakes
Applying the teaching techniques to
some common mistakes
Activity c
ANDREW TWEED
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Email: adtweed@gmail.com