A Listening and Speaking Lesson Plan

Grade Levels: 2 6

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Objectives:

At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:

1. Improve their English pronunciation, rhythm and stress.
2. Take away their fear of talking and;
3. Have fun while learning.

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Subject Matter/Content:
Topic: Teaching Pronunciation using Tongue Twisters
References: Pronunciation and Phonetics: A Practical Guide for English Language Teachers
Materials:

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Laptop and Projector

Video clip of a tongue twister (Betty Botters Better Batter)
Ready made handouts of short tongue twisters

Procedure
A. Pre-Listening and Speaking
1. Motivation

Start with a short inquiry discussion to see how familiar the students are with tongue
twisters. Ask questions that will motivate them to participate and engage for the days
lesson.
Now that the students have a frame of reference on the topic, show them a short video of
a tongue twister example to further illustrate what is a tongue twister.

Tongue Twister Example

Take a look at this popular pronunciation tongue twister.

Betty Botter's Better Batter

Betty Botter had some butter,

"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,
It would make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter,
That would make my batter better."
So she bought a bit of butter
Better than her bitter butter
And she baked it in her batter;
And the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.

B. During Listening and Speaking

1. Divide the class into pairs and then distribute the pieces of paper with the tongue twisters
examples on it. Give each pair at least one.
2. Have the students read their assigned tongue twister once or twice aloud. Let them
choose if who among them will read the tongue twister first and who will listen; the
listener must take note if there are mispronounced words or if their partner had any
mistakes. (During the reading session, they will notice the spellings, hear the sounds,
produce them correctly when thinking about it, and practice correct pronunciation to be
comprehended by their partner.)

These are the following tongue twister short examples to be given to them:

If a noisy noise annoys an onion, an annoying noisy noise annoys an onion more!
Please peel this peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
Surely Shirley shall sell Sheila's seashells by the seashore.
Which witch wishes to switch a witch wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
The skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk
stunk.
The butter Betty Botter bought could make her batter bitter, so she thought she'd better
buy some better butter!
Not many an anemone is enamored of an enemy anemone.
Five fine Florida florists fried fresh flat flounder fish fillet.
A three-toed tree toad loved a two-toed he-toad that lived in a too-tall tree.
Red rubber baby buggy bumpers bounce.
The sick sixth Sheik's sixth sheep's sick.
The instinct of an extinct insect stinks.
Growing gray goats graze great green grassy groves.
Imagine managing the manger at an imaginary menagerie.
Mix a box of mixed biscuits with a boxed biscuit mixer.
A cuckoo cookie cook called Cooper could cook cuckoo cookies.

C. Post Listening and Speaking

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