Minimal Pairs (Nominal Pairs) PDF
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This presentation discusses minimal pairs, a language teaching approach that focuses on pronunciation. The document focuses on the concept of minimal pairs and how they can improve pronunciation. It also touches on issues of teaching second language learners.
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Minimal Pairs (nominal pairs) What we will do in this lecture: Look at minimal pairs and the phonemic awareness EFAL learners WE never LAUGH OR MAKE FUN OF SOMEONE WHO IS LEARNING ANOTHER LANGUAGE Sink or swim video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bJt5FVJYisWhat do you t...
Minimal Pairs (nominal pairs) What we will do in this lecture: Look at minimal pairs and the phonemic awareness EFAL learners WE never LAUGH OR MAKE FUN OF SOMEONE WHO IS LEARNING ANOTHER LANGUAGE Sink or swim video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bJt5FVJYisWhat do you think the video showed? My isiXhosa pronunciation is not good and it is not a laughing matter. If we laugh at children when they try to speak English they will be reluctant to do so. BUT we need to try through practice to get their pronunciation to a standard that they are understood 3 So when minimal pairs are converted into IPA – only 1 IPA syllable will be different. Look at this The poor man at the hotel reception is a bit confused. He is not understanding what the customer wants 7 Our classrooms today Our classrooms are racially mixed. So often we are teaching learners in English/Afrikaans whose Home Language is not English. Or even English speaking children who have different language 8 capabilities Changing one sound changes the meaning of the sentence We need to practice minimal pairs with children – especially English first additional language speakers to help improve their speaking and listening comprehension. Nominal Pairs Look at the next couple of slides and can identify the word that I am saying What difficulties do you think 2nd language speakers would experience? 10 w o rd s – S a y t he m a l a re m in i th e s e pairs As a teacher We don’t make fun of the children we try not single them out But we do need them to read, write and understand the correct instructions so we might need to practice these pronunciations with the whole class. Play different kinds of games with minimal pairs. Make it fun and non-threatening 18
