“Success in spoken English lies in stress and vowel sounds: specifically, getting the correct vowel sounds on the correct stressed syllables in a sentence, and joining them together. This book will show you how to do that.” – Matt Purland englishbanana.com’s Talk a Lot Spoken English Course by Matt Purland A Great New Way to Learn Spoken English Elementary Handbook • General Information about Talk a Lot Courses • How to Use Talk a Lot Resources • Focus on Connected Speech • Focus on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) • 100% Photocopiable – Free Copying Licence Included! .pdf file users: Click this icon (left) to access the contents! “Success in spoken English lies in stress and vowel sounds: specifically, getting the correct vowel sounds on the correct stressed syllables in a sentence, and joining together the stresses. This book will show you how to do that.” – Matt Purland englishbanana.com’s Talk a Lot Spoken English Course by Matt Purland A Great New Way to Learn Spoken English Elementary Handbook • General Information about Talk a Lot Courses • How to Use Talk a Lot Resources • Focus on Connected Speech • Focus on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) • 100% photocopiable – free copying licence included! This book is dedicated with love and thanks as always to Anna and Julia, as well as to Pat, who gave me my first full-time job teaching English, and to Helen, who encouraged me to develop and explore and also: ………………………………………………………………. (Insert the name of the teacher who has most inspired you to learn) English Banana.com info@englishbanana.com ISBN-13: 978-0955701535 The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is © Copyright the International Phonetic Association, and is used in this book with kind permission. English Banana.com Copying Licence: You may freely print, copy, distribute, sell, and give away this book, subject to our Copying Licence (see pages viii-ix) First published in the UK by English Banana.com 2009 1.3 – 09/09 (+ Consonant Clusters, Vowel Clusters, and The Magic “e” Rule) 1.2 – 08/09 (+ Big Word Game, and Talk a Lot Bingo!) 1.1 – 06/09 (+ Sound Connections Demo, Going Further, and Working Out Word Stress – Two-Syllable Words where the First Syllable is a Schwa: L]L) 1.0 – 04/09 (Original edition) © Copyright Matt Purland 2009 Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook Contents For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary © English Banana.com i i Contents v Introduction viii Free Copying Licence x Bibliography A General Information 1. General Information 1.1 Plan of all Talk a Lot Units and Activities 1.2 Course Outline 1.3 Lesson Outline 1.6 Assessment Methods, Tests, and Examination 1.11 Student Course Report (Blank) 1.12 Student Course Report (Example) 1.13 Vocabulary Test (Blank) 1.14 End of Course Oral Examination #1 (from Book 1) 1.18 End of Course Oral Examination #2 (from Book 2) 1.22 End of Course Oral Examination (Example) 1.26 Certificate Template #1 1.27 Certificate Template #2 B How to Use the Resources 2. Sentence Blocks 2.1 Instructions 2.7 Activity Template (Blank) 2.8 Sentence Blocks Q & A 2.9 Sentence Blocks – Six Great Tips for Students 3. Connected Sentence Cards 3.1 Instructions 3.2 Activity Template (Blank) 3.3 Sample Lesson Plan 3.6 Sound Connections Demo 3.15 Going Further 4. Connected Speech Templates 4.1 Instructions 4.6 Activity Template (Blank) Sentence Focus Activities Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook Contents For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary © English Banana.com ii 5. Discussion Words and Question Sheets 5.1 Instructions 5.4 Discussion Words Activity Template (Blank) 5.5 Question Sheets Activity Template (Blank) 5.6 Discussion Words – Sample Lesson Plan 5.9 Big Word Game & Talk a Lot Bingo! 6. Information Exchanges 6.1 Instructions 6.3 Activity Template (Blank) 7. Multi-Purpose Texts 7.1 Instructions 7.3 Reading Race – Lesson Plan 8. Discussion Questions 8.1 Instructions 8.2 Activity Template (Blank) 9. Agree or Disagree 9.1 Instructions 9.3 Activity Template (Blank) 9.4 How to Give a Small Group or Individual Presentation (Example and Notes) 9.6 How to Give a Small Group or Individual Presentation (Blank Outline) 10. Role Plays 10.1 Instructions 10.3 Role Plays – Mood Chart 10.4 Activity Template (Blank) C Focus on Connected Speech 11. What is Connected Speech? 11.1 What is Connected Speech? (Student’s Handout) 11.3 The Techniques of Connected Speech 11.8 The Techniques of Connected Speech – Matching Game 12. What is Sentence Stress? 12.1 What is Sentence Stress? 12.6 Sentence Stress in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 1 12.9 Stressed Syllables in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 1 Free Practice Activities Word Focus Activities Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook Contents For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary © English Banana.com iii 12.12 Stressed Syllables & Vowel Sounds in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 1 12.17 Sentence Stress in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 2 12.20 Stressed Syllables in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 2 12.23 Stressed Syllables & Vowel Sounds in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 2 12.28 List of Common Contractions in English 12.29 Sentence Stress – Activity Cards (Blank) 13. What is Word Stress? 13.1 What is Word Stress? 13.3 Analysis of Discussion Words in Elementary Book 2 13.6 Discussion Words with Suffixes in Elementary Book 2 13.7 Working Out Word Stress – Analysis of a Newspaper Article #1 13.8 Working Out Word Stress – Two-Syllable Words where the First Syllable is a Schwa: L]L 14. Prefixes 14.1 Common Prefixes and What they Indicate 14.2 Common Prefixes and What they Indicate – Matching Game 14.3 List of Noun/Verb Homographs 15. Suffixes 15.1 Common Suffixes and What they Indicate 15.2 Common Suffixes and What they Indicate – Matching Game 15.4 Suffixes and Word Stress 16. Compound Nouns 16.1 300 Common Compound Nouns – Ordered by Same First Word 16.2 Compound Nouns – Activity Sheet (First Words) 16.3 Compound Nouns – Activity Sheet (First Words) – Answers 16.4 300 Common Compound Nouns – Ordered by Same Second Word 16.5 Compound Nouns – Activity Sheet (Second Words) 16.6 Compound Nouns – Activity Sheet (Second Words) – Answers 17. Weak Forms 17.1 Weak Forms – Information Sheet 17.2 Weak Forms – Complete the Table D Focus on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) 18. Learn the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) 18.1 Why Bother Learning the International Phonetic Alphabet? 18.3 Learn the Sounds of English with the IPA – Sample Lesson Plan 18.6 The 48 Sounds of English with the International Phonetic Alphabet Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook Contents For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary © English Banana.com iv 18.7 Flashcards – Instructions 18.9 Flashcards 18.19 Rhyming Words – Vowel Sounds 18.25 Rhyming Words – Diphthongs 18.29 Discussion Words from Elementary Book 1 (with the IPA) 18.34 Discussion Words from Elementary Book 2 (with the IPA) 18.38 Spelling and Sounds – Consonant Clusters 18.46 Spelling and Sounds – Common Consonant Clusters (Student’s Handout) 18.48 Spelling and Sounds – Vowel Clusters 18.55 List of Vowel Clusters – In Alphabetical Order 18.59 Spelling and Sounds – Common Vowel Clusters (Student’s Handout) 18.62 Spelling and Sounds – The Magic “e” Rule 18.64 Spelling and Sounds – 250 Common Magic “e” Words (in Alphabetical Order) 18.65 Spelling and Sounds – 250 Common Magic “e” Words (Ordered by Final Consonant) 19. IPA Practice Worksheets and Tests 19.1 Translate Animal Names from the IPA 1 19.2 Translate Animal Names into the IPA 1 19.3 Translate Animal Names from the IPA 2 19.4 Translate Animal Names into the IPA 2 19.5 Translate Irregular Verbs from the IPA 1 19.6 Translate Irregular Verbs into the IPA 1 19.7 Translate Irregular Verbs from the IPA 2 19.8 Translate Irregular Verbs into the IPA 2 19.9 Translate Signs and Notices from the IPA 1 19.10 Translate Signs and Notices into the IPA 1 19.11 Translate Signs and Notices from the IPA 2 19.12 Translate Signs and Notices into the IPA 2 19.13 Translate Slang Phrases (Adjectives) into the IPA 19.14 Translate Slang Phrases (Adjectives) into the IPA – Answers 19.15 Translate Slang Phrases (Nouns) into the IPA 19.16 Translate Slang Phrases (Nouns) into the IPA – Answers 19.17 IPA Test 1 19.18 IPA Test 1 – Answers 19.19 IPA Test 2 19.20 IPA Test 2 – Answers 19.21 IPA Test 3 19.22 IPA Test 3 – Answers 19.23 IPA Test 4 19.24 IPA Test 4 – Answers (Note: the worksheets on pp.19.1-19.12 act as pairs, with each providing the answers for the other) Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook Introduction For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary © English Banana.com v Hello, and welcome to the Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook! This handbook shows you how to use Talk a Lot materials to learn or teach spoken English, as well as providing background information and practice worksheets on related topics, such as connected speech, sentence and word stress, and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The Talk a Lot course objectives are very simple: • Every student talking in English • Every student listening to and understanding English • Every student thinking in English, and • Every student taking part in class Talk a Lot is structured so that every student can practise and improve English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency, word and sentence stress, and interpersonal skills, by working in pairs, groups and one to one with the teacher. The main benefits of Talk a Lot are: • Students have to think in English during lessons in a controlled and focused way • Students learn how to memorise correct English structures naturally, without abstract and unrelated grammar lessons • Students learn how to construct eight different common verb forms, using positive, negative and question forms, as well as embedded grammar appropriate to their level. The verb forms studied are: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Modal Verbs, Future Forms, and First Conditional • Students learn many essential vocabulary words by heart, including word stress and the sounds of English • Students learn how to become more fluent when speaking in English, by joining together words in a sentence using the techniques of connected speech • Students enjoy following a simple and effective method that produces results quickly So far we’ve published two Talk a Lot Elementary books. The ten lesson topics studied in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 are: Town, Food, Shopping, Health, Transport, Clothes, Work, Family, Home, and Free Time whilst the ten lesson topics studied in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 2 are: Crime, Sport, Music, Weather, Animals, Cars, The Human Body, Colours and Numbers, Life Events, and Nature A third Talk a Lot Elementary book is currently in preparation, with the following brand new lesson topics: Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook Introduction For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary © English Banana.com vi Learning English, Films, Hospital, Books, Airport, Television, Education, Money, The Environment, and Holidays Important Note This book is the Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook, and doesn’t contain the materials for Talk a Lot courses. This book gives instructions and guidance for using the materials, which can be found in the existing two Talk a Lot course books. You can download the course books for free from http://www.englishbanana.com, or buy hard copy versions from any good bookseller. Downloadable course materials for Book 3 will be added to our website in stages, so please check back regularly to see what is available to download! You can see how all of the different units and activities from the three Talk a Lot Elementary course books fit together on P.1.1. As well as containing instructions about how to use Talk a Lot materials, this handbook also provides information sheets and practice worksheets to help students learn skills that will accelerate their improvement in spoken English: • how to identify and use the techniques of connected speech (from p.11.1) • how to identify and use sentence stress (from p.12.1) • how to identify word stress (from p.13.1) • how to identify prefixes (from p.14.1) • how to identify suffixes (from p.15.1) • how to identify compound nouns (from p.16.1) • how to identify weak forms (from p.17.1) • learn the sounds of English with the International Phonetic Alphabet (from p.18.1) • how to identify vowel sounds (from p.18.19) This handbook is not intended to be an exhaustive academic work. The aim was to write a brief, helpful guide and pack of resources that would provide a way into practise and language work in the classroom, rather than a dry, analytical manual. For example, I have deliberately avoided confusing jargon when writing about connected speech. Phrases like “bilabial plosive” and “palato-alveolar approximate” – though fun to say – can be studied later, or at the student’s leisure. (See the bibliography on p.x for ideas about further reading.) The sentence stress activities in this course are focused on neutral speech. Intonation is largely ignored – except where it concerns yes/no question forms – in favour of grounding students in the basics of word stress, sentence stress, and connected speech techniques. The subtleties of intonation, and how meaning can be altered, can of course be practised in conjunction with Talk a Lot materials, but should perhaps come later on for new students of spoken English, after they have mastered the techniques demonstrated in this handbook. My aim in writing Talk a Lot materials is always to be as non-prescriptive as possible, so that users may take what they want from the work and use it in the way that best fits their [...]... Oral Examination #1 (from Book 1) End of Course Oral Examination #2 (from Book 2) End of Course Oral Examination (Example) Certificate Template #1 Certificate Template #2 1. 1 1. 2 1. 3 1. 6 1. 11 1 .12 1. 13 1. 14 1. 18 1. 22 1. 26 1. 27 ... Poland (28th March 2009) For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! 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English Banana.com ix Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook Bibliography Suggestions for further reading on the topic of spoken English: English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course Peter Roach Cambridge University Press, 19 83 How to Teach Pronunciation Gerald Kelly Longman, 2000 Learner English (Second Edition) Ed Michael Swan & Bernard Smith Cambridge University Press, 20 01 Lucy Cowdery’s Spelling Rulebook... TRTS, 20 01 Modern British and American English Pronunciation: A Basic Textbook Burkhard Dretzke UTB für Wissenschaft Uni-Taschenbucher GmbH, 19 98 Sound Foundations Adrian Underhill Heinemann, 19 94 Teaching Pronunciation M Celce-Murcia, D M Brinton, J M Goodwin Cambridge University Press, 19 96 For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary © English. .. 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Examination 1. 11 Student Course Report (Blank) 1. 12 Student Course Report (Example) 1. 13 Vocabulary Test (Blank) 1. 14 End of Course Oral Examination #1 (from. Answers 19 .15 Translate Slang Phrases (Nouns) into the IPA 19 .16 Translate Slang Phrases (Nouns) into the IPA – Answers 19 .17 IPA Test 1 19 .18 IPA Test 1 –