Lesson 1

-Speech and oral

communication-
Engaging Activity 1: Comprehension Questions
1. Tongue, Lips, Glottis, Velum, Vocal Folds
2. Speech is produced by bringing air from the lungs to the larynx (respiration), where
the vocal folds may be held open to allow the air to pass through or may vibrate to
make a sound (phonation). The airflow from the lungs is then shaped by the
articulators in the mouth and nose (articulation).
3. The tongue is the most important articulator of speech. It has a dominant role of
speech in human interactions, an overwhelming proportion of tongue movement focuses
on its role in speech, specifically vowel and consonant production.
4. Respiration, Phonation, Resonance, Articulation

Engaging Activity 2: Tongue Twisters

Vowel Sound Consonant Sound

Peter Piper
Long ‘e’ /iː / p’ /p/
Long ‘i’ /aɪ / flap ‘t’ /t/, /d/
short ‘e’ /ɛ /
short ‘i’ /ɪ /
‘er’ /ɚ /

Activity Processing

1. Peter piper and Woodchuck

2. Articulation

Engaging Activity 3: Phonetic Exercises

1. [b]
2. [t]
3. [k]
4. [f]
5. [ð]
6. [s]
7. [æ]
8. [e]
9. [i]
10. [u]
11. [ɒ]
12. [aɪ]
Task 4: Individual Oral Presentation (Sent as another file)

Assessments
Test 1

1. ræɡ = Rag
2. bæt = Bat
3. rɔː = Raw
4. mæn = Man
5. mɔːl = Mall

Test 2

1. peɪl = Pail
2. feɪt = Fate
3. pleɪ = Play
4. heɪl = Hail
5. ɡeɪm = Game
Diphthongs

1. [aʊ]
2. [aɪ]
3. [aʊ]
4. [ɔɪ]

Test 2: Spelling Game

Set A.

1. Cake
2. Bank
3. Jump
4. Zoo
5. Sell
6. Paint
7. Life
8. Teach
9. Wake

Set B.

1. /tɔk/
2. /bæθ/
3. /bɑks/
4. /kætʃ/
5. /ɪt/
6. /ni/
7. /aɪs/
 8. /ˈprezənt/
9. /ˈles(ə)n/
10. /fɑks/

Test 3: Individual Target Phonemes (Sent as another file)