The “Fun”emic Chart

Hannah Pinkham

IH Buenos Aires Recoleta

Poll

SOURCE: http://gordonscruton.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/using-phonetic-chart.html

Who has used the chart before?

Of those people, how often would you say you use the chart with your students?

• Yes• No

• Every class• Most classes• Sometimes• Rarely• Never with students

SOURCE: http://gordonscruton.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/using-phonetic-chart.html

What do you know about the chart?

/a n a n /!ɪ əʊ ɪ əʊ

/a n a n /!ɪ əʊ ɪ əʊ

What do you know about the chart?

Vowel sounds

Consonant sounds

unvoiced

voiced

Jaw opens

“Smile to Kiss”

If you want to know more about the chart and how to introduce it:

Adrian Underhill

Try it out!Try it out!

WATCH! Adrian Underhill’s video on Youtube:Introduction to Teaching Pronunciation

READ! Adrian Underhill’s book: Sound Foundations

Phonemic Stop the Bus

/f ni:mf n/!əʊ ʌ

Clothes Food & Drink

Celebrity City

/a /ɪ

/ð/

Phonemic Stop the Bus

/f ni:mf n/!əʊ ʌ

Clothes Food & Drink

Celebrity City

tights Ribeye steak

Mike Tyson

Shanghai

Leather jacket

smoothie Mother Teresa

The Hague

/a /ɪ

/ð/

Follow up: Work on spelling/pronunciation differencesFollow up: Work on spelling/pronunciation differences

Phonemic Board Race

/f ni:mf n/!əʊ ʌ

/z/ /s/

Pronunciation Games

/f ni:mf n/!əʊ ʌ

• Phoneme Bingo

• Linking Maze

• Phoneme Battleships

SOURCE: Hancock, M. Pronunciation Games. CUPSOURCE: Hancock, M. Pronunciation Games. CUP

Whack a Phoneme!

/f ni:mf n/!əʊ ʌ

You need:• Something inflatable for whacking• Post-It notes

• At least 4 students

What to do:• Students choose a phoneme, write it on a post-it & stick it to their forehead.• Students stand in a circle with one person (the whacker) in the middle

holding the whacking implement.• One person starts by saying a word that includes one of the post-it

phonemes.• The person whose phoneme was said must say a new word with a different

phoneme before the whacker whacks them.• If they say the word quickly enough, play continues until someone is

whacked.• The person whacked changes places with the whacker and play resumes.

Whack a Phoneme!

/f ni:mf n/!əʊ ʌ

Phoneme

Whacker Whacking implement

Vocabulary Cards

/l :n tre n /ɜ ə ɪ ɪŋ

_____________________________________

P.o.S: ________ Pron:___________________

Meaning:__________________________________

E.g.: ______________________________________

Word/phrase goes here

Phonemes go here

Deeper cognitive processing aids retentionDeeper cognitive processing aids retention

Phoneme Backs to the Boards(AKA Hotseat)

/l :n tre n /ɜ ə ɪ ɪŋ

/ pi:s vke k/ə ə ɪ

/ e r/ʧ ə

Questions? Comments?

email: hannah.l.pinkham@gmail.com

/θænksveri:m /!!ʌʧ

The “Fun”emic Chart