Jimmy Kimmel interviews Barack Obama
Level: Upper-intermediate
Summary: in this listening activity, learners watch a short extract from an interview that TV host Jimmy Kimmel did with Barack Obama. Learners work on their general comprehension and then zoom in on their decoding of individual words in the video. Finally, learners focus on the pronunciation of were and weren't in spontaneous American English speech and compare it with British English pronunciation by using YouGlish.
Photo by Lubo Minar on Unsplash
Level: Upper-intermediate
Summary: in this listening activity, learners watch a short extract from an interview that TV host Jimmy Kimmel did with Barack Obama. Learners work on their general comprehension and then zoom in on their decoding of individual words in the video. Finally, learners focus on the pronunciation of were and weren't in spontaneous American English speech and compare it with British English pronunciation by using YouGlish.
Photo by Lubo Minar on Unsplash
| jimmy_kimmel_interviews_obama.pdf |
Pronunciation and intelligibility: "non-native" speakers
Level: Intermediate+
Summary: do your students ever confuse the concepts of pronunciation and accent? With this PowerPoint lesson, you can raise their awareness of English as a Lingua Franca and the need for them to be intelligible rather than "sound native". Particularly effective with Italian students, features a video of former PM Mario Monti speaking on CNN.
"Retro microphone" by alangrlane is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Level: Intermediate+
Summary: do your students ever confuse the concepts of pronunciation and accent? With this PowerPoint lesson, you can raise their awareness of English as a Lingua Franca and the need for them to be intelligible rather than "sound native". Particularly effective with Italian students, features a video of former PM Mario Monti speaking on CNN.
"Retro microphone" by alangrlane is licensed under CC BY 2.0
| intelligibility.pptx |
Weak forms: These Boots are Made for Walking
Level: Intermediate+
Summary: focus on weak forms of function words (a, but, your) in spoken English with the help of the song "These Boots are Made for Walking" by Nancy Sinatra!
"Official HICK Tech boots" by Emma Jane Hogbin Westby is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Level: Intermediate+
Summary: focus on weak forms of function words (a, but, your) in spoken English with the help of the song "These Boots are Made for Walking" by Nancy Sinatra!
"Official HICK Tech boots" by Emma Jane Hogbin Westby is licensed under CC BY 2.0
| weak_forms.pptx |
