Intermediate Pronunciation of American English I

Tuesday

• Listening practice/dictation and warm-up: "Good afternoon. How was our weekend?"
• Finish Lesson 1
• Dictionaries and the IPA
• Begin Lesson 2

• Study for the quiz: pages vii - 6 and the "warm-ups/dictations"

• Quiz on pages vii-ix and lesson 1
• Dictionaries and the IPA
• Lesson 2

• Students' phrases
• With your group, practice lesson 2
• Find the symbol in your bilingual dictionary that corresponds to the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols

• Computer lab
  • Website
• Links to pronunciation websites
• Lesson 2 continued

• With your group, practice lesson 2

• Listening practice/dictation and warm-up: Ordering at McDonald's
• Lesson 3

• Study and review Lessons 1, 2 and 3 (quiz Thursday)

• Listening practice/dictation and warm-up: numbers
• Lesson 3: Two-syllable patterns

• Quiz Thursday on Lessons 1, 2 and 3

• Quiz on Lessons 2 and 3
• Lesson 14: [l] & [r]

• Do the group skits
• Lesson 14

• Practice lesson 14
• Look up the [l] or [r] words on the handout
• On page 162, your the horoscope for your birthday

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• Warm-up: students' words
• Beatles song

Homework:

• Practice lesson 14 (quiz Friday)

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• Listening warm-up
• Finish Lesson 14

Homework:

• Quiz Friday on Lesson 14

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• Quiz on Lesson 14
• Travel English

• Warm-up: travel
• Listening practice/dictation and warm-up
• Lesson 5

Homework:

• Practice pages 35-37 for 20 minutes

 

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• Warm-up: travel
• Lesson 5: Sentence stress, unstress and rhythm
• Prepare skits: travel language

Homework:

• Practice Lesson 5
• Complete the chart on the bottom of page 39 of the text
• Begin to memorize the travel phrases

• Warm-up: restaurants
• Lesson 5: Sentence stress, unstress and rhythm
• Ice cream

Homework:

• Practice Lesson 5
• Complete the chart on the bottom of page 39 of the text if your haven't done it!
• Memorize the ice cream ordering sentence

• Review for the final

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No classes
Fourth of July Holiday
(Independence Day)