Linguistics, Pronunciation and

Phonics!!!!!!!! (and the villagers rejoice)

Linguistics, Pronunciation and Phonics is brought to you by T-Time English.

Goals!•A brief intro to linguistics. •Use linguistics to look at why certain

problems occur and/or reoccur. •Give examples of solutions to use in

the classroom.

Intro to Linguistics 　（言語）

• Scientific study of language. • It is a sub-discipline （学問分野の下位区

分） of anthropology （人類学） .

Parts of Linguistics

• Phonetics 　（音声学）• Phonology 　（音韻論）• Morphology 　（形態論）• Syntax 　（統語論）• Semantics 　 ( 意味論）• Many other insignificant yet wildly fascinating subsections

exist, however, we have neither the time nor the desire to waste any of our precious 70 minutes on them.

Phonetics and Phonology (No, not fun-ology)

• Phonetics: Study of how speech sounds are made.

• Phonology: The organization of language sounds.

Morphology and Syntax

• Morphology: Study of the structure of words.

• Syntax: Study of how words combine to make grammatical phrases and sentences. ex. Why what we wrote above makes any sense to

anyone…

Semantics

• Semantics: This is the study of the meaning of words.

(Don’t worry. There is no meaning behind putting this topic on a slide of its own.)

Bad joke time: Which came first- semantics or its meaning?

Phonics フォニックス Fuonikkusu

A-E-I-O-U vs. あ・い・う・え・お

t-o vs. と

E-n-g-l-i-s-h vs. に・ほ・ん・ご

Possible solutions

Pronunciation with TaliaPhonics with Ted

Pronunciation

• Mirror exercise.• Silent word game.• Mouth diagrams. (That’s right. She’s going to draw in your mouth. So stick

out your tongue.)

• Gestures. • Letter trees. (If you plant Alphabits, they will grow into a tree of that letter.)

Phonics

Bb, Cc, Dd, Gg, Pp, Tt, Vv, ZzFf, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ss, Xx

Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, UuHh, Jj, Kk, Qq, Rr, Ww, Yy

You sunk my B-B-Battleship

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZABCDEFGHIJKLM

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZABCDEFGHIJKLM

B-B-B-Battleship

休憩 Time!!!

• “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

-Benjamin Franklin

Morphology and SyntaxAm you likes a dogs?

• I am like baseball. • I have a brothers.• Do she likes apples?• Because it’s fun. • I want be a teacher.• Next I say him singer favorite. • “What’s a verb?”… 動詞だよ。…動詞って何？• Baseball makes me hard.

Tackling the problems (not the students)

• Involve the students in theirlearning.

• Correct the problems at the start.

• English and Japanese are not compatible languages.

• Become your own student. • Get creative- whether it’s phonics or grammar.

Sentence Diagramming

We’re not gods so…

• Now it’s your turn. • See if you can use some of our examples and

ideas to satisfy the grammar nazi and child within you all at once.

• We’re sorry you don’t have a lot of time but the one true god, Zane, only gave us 70 minutes. (We’re sorry Allah, God, Shiva, YHVH, and Jebus. Don’t strike us down.)

Your missionThis slide will self-destruct in 30 seconds.

Ex: Because it’s fun. 1. I have a brothers.2. This is the my book. 3. She study to be a doctor. 4. I am like baseball. 5. I can English. 6. This is the by Ken broken window.