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“Success in spoken English lies in stress and vowel sounds: specifically, getting thecorrect vowel sounds on the correct stressed syllables in a sentence, and joiningthem together. This book will show you how to do that.” – Matt Purlandenglishbanana.com’sTalk a Lot.pdf file users:Click this icon (left) toaccess the contents!Spoken English Courseby Matt PurlandA Great New Way to Learn Spoken EnglishElementary Handbook General Information about Talk a Lot CoursesHow to Use Talk a Lot ResourcesFocus on Connected SpeechFocus on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)100% Photocopiable
“Success in spoken English lies in stress and vowel sounds: specifically, getting thecorrect vowel sounds on the correct stressed syllables in a sentence, and joiningtogether the stresses. This book will show you how to do that.” – Matt Purlandenglishbanana.com’sTalk a LotSpoken English Courseby Matt PurlandA Great New Way to Learn Spoken EnglishElementary Handbook General Information about Talk a Lot CoursesHow to Use Talk a Lot ResourcesFocus on Connected SpeechFocus 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 wellas to Pat, who gave me my first full-time job teaching English, and to Helen, whoencouraged me to develop and exploreand also: .(Insert the name of the teacher who has most inspired you to learn)
English Banana.cominfo@englishbanana.comThe International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is Copyright the International Phonetic Association, andis used in this book with kind permission.First published in the UK by English Banana.com 20091.4 – 10/09Added: Transcription of a Lesson on Sentence Stress, and “Pronounce ‘th’ Sounds”1.3 – 09/09Added: Consonant Clusters, Vowel Clusters, and The Magic “e” Rule1.2 – 08/09Added: Big Word Game, and Talk a Lot Bingo!1.1 – 06/09Added: Sound Connections Demo, Going Further, and Working Out Word Stress –Two-Syllable Words where the First Syllable is a Schwa /ə/1.0 – 04/09Original editionPublic DomainThe author and sole copyright holder of this document has donated it to the public domain. Anybodycan use this document, for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
Talk a LotElementary aphyAGeneral Information1.General 61.27Plan of all Talk a Lot Units and ActivitiesCourse OutlineLesson OutlineAssessment Methods, Tests, and ExaminationStudent Course Report (Blank)Student Course Report (Example)Vocabulary Test (Blank)End of Course Oral Examination #1 (from Book 1)End of Course Oral Examination #2 (from Book 2)End of Course Oral Examination (Example)Certificate Template #1Certificate Template #2BHow to Use the Resources2.Sentence Blocks2.12.72.82.9InstructionsActivity Template (Blank)Sentence Blocks Q & ASentence Blocks – Six Great Tips for Students3.Connected Sentence Cards3.13.23.33.63.15InstructionsActivity Template (Blank)Sample Lesson PlanSound Connections DemoGoing Further4.Connected Speech Templates4.14.6InstructionsActivity Template (Blank)Sentence FocusActivitiesFor more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now!Talk a Lot ElementaryEnglish Banana.comi
Talk a LotElementary HandbookContents5.Discussion Words and Question Sheets5.15.45.55.65.9InstructionsDiscussion Words Activity Template (Blank)Question Sheets Activity Template (Blank)Discussion Words – Sample Lesson PlanBig Word Game & Talk a Lot Bingo!6.Information Exchanges6.16.3InstructionsActivity Template (Blank)7.Multi-Purpose Texts7.17.3InstructionsReading Race – Lesson Plan8.Discussion Questions8.18.2InstructionsActivity Template (Blank)9.Agree or Disagree9.19.39.49.6InstructionsActivity Template (Blank)How to Give a Small Group or Individual Presentation (Example and Notes)How to Give a Small Group or Individual Presentation (Blank Outline)10.Role Plays10.110.310.4InstructionsRole Plays – Mood ChartActivity Template (Blank)CFocus on Connected Speech11.What is Connected Speech?11.111.311.8What is Connected Speech? (Student’s Handout)The Techniques of Connected SpeechThe Techniques of Connected Speech – Matching Game12.What is Sentence Stress?12.112.612.9What is Sentence Stress?Sentence Stress in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 1Stressed Syllables in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 1Word FocusActivitiesFree PracticeActivitiesFor more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now!Talk a Lot ElementaryEnglish Banana.comii
Talk a LotElementary 0Stressed Syllables & Vowel Sounds in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 1Sentence Stress in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 2Stressed Syllables in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 2Stressed Syllables & Vowel Sounds in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 2List of Common Contractions in EnglishSentence Stress – Activity Cards (Blank)Transcription of an Online Talk a Lot Lesson on Sentence Stress13.What is Word Stress?13.113.313.613.713.8What is Word Stress?Analysis of Discussion Words in Elementary Book 2Discussion Words with Suffixes in Elementary Book 2Working Out Word Stress – Analysis of a Newspaper Article #114.Prefixes14.114.214.3Common Prefixes and What they IndicateCommon Prefixes and What they Indicate – Matching GameList of Noun/Verb Homographs15.Suffixes15.115.215.4Common Suffixes and What they IndicateCommon Suffixes and What they Indicate – Matching GameSuffixes and Word Stress16.Compound Nouns16.116.216.316.416.516.6300 Common Compound Nouns – Ordered by Same First WordCompound Nouns – Activity Sheet (First Words)Compound Nouns – Activity Sheet (First Words) – Answers300 Common Compound Nouns – Ordered by Same Second WordCompound Nouns – Activity Sheet (Second Words)Compound Nouns – Activity Sheet (Second Words) – Answers17.Weak Forms17.117.2Weak Forms – Information SheetWeak Forms – Complete the TableDFocus on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)18.Learn the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)18.118.3Why Bother Learning the International Phonetic Alphabet?Learn the Sounds of English with the IPA – Sample Lesson PlanWorking Out Word Stress – Two-Syllable Words where the First Syllable is a Schwa:L]LFor more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now!Talk a Lot ElementaryEnglish Banana.comiii
Talk a LotElementary .3818.4618.4818.5518.5918.6218.6418.6518.66The 48 Sounds of English with the International Phonetic AlphabetFlashcards – InstructionsFlashcardsRhyming Words – Vowel SoundsRhyming Words – DiphthongsDiscussion Words from Elementary Book 1 (with the IPA)Discussion Words from Elementary Book 2 (with the IPA)Spelling and Sounds – Consonant ClustersSpelling and Sounds – Common Consonant Clusters (Student’s Handout)Spelling and Sounds – Vowel ClustersList of Vowel Clusters – In Alphabetical OrderSpelling and Sounds – Common Vowel Clusters (Student’s Handout)Spelling and Sounds – The Magic “e” RuleSpelling and Sounds – 250 Common Magic “e” Words (in Alphabetical Order)Spelling and Sounds – 250 Common Magic “e” Words (Ordered by Final Consonant)How to Pronounce the “th” Sounds in English19.IPA Practice Worksheets and Tests19.119.219.319.4Translate Animal Names from the IPA 1Translate Animal Names into the IPA 1Translate Animal Names from the IPA 2Translate Animal Names into the IPA 219.519.619.719.8Translate Irregular Verbs from the IPA 1Translate Irregular Verbs into the IPA 1Translate Irregular Verbs from the IPA 2Translate Irregular Verbs into the IPA 219.919.1019.1119.12Translate Signs and Notices from the IPA 1Translate Signs and Notices into the IPA 1Translate Signs and Notices from the IPA 2Translate Signs and Notices into the IPA 219.1319.1419.1519.16Translate Slang Phrases (Adjectives) into the IPATranslate Slang Phrases (Adjectives) into the IPA – AnswersTranslate Slang Phrases (Nouns) into the IPATranslate Slang Phrases (Nouns) into the IPA – Answers19.1719.18IPA Test 1IPA Test 1 – Answers19.1919.20IPA Test 2IPA Test 2 – Answers19.2119.22IPA Test 3IPA Test 3 – Answers19.2319.24IPA Test 4IPA Test 4 – AnswersFor more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now!Talk a Lot ElementaryEnglish Banana.comiv
Talk a LotElementary HandbookIntroductionHello, 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, suchas 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 EnglishEvery student listening to and understanding EnglishEvery student thinking in English, andEvery student taking part in classTalk a Lot is structured so that every student can practise and improve English grammar,vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency, word and sentence stress, and interpersonal skills, byworking 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 wayStudents learn how to memorise correct English structures naturally, without abstractand unrelated grammar lessonsStudents learn how to construct eight different common verb forms, using positive,negative and question forms, as well as embedded grammar appropriate to theirlevel. The verb forms studied are: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple,Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Modal Verbs, Future Forms, and First ConditionalStudents learn many essential vocabulary words by heart, including word stress andthe sounds of EnglishStudents learn how to become more fluent when speaking in English, by joiningtogether words in a sentence using the techniques of connected speechStudents enjoy following a simple and effective method that produces results quicklySo far we’ve published two Talk a Lot Elementary books. The ten lesson topics studied inTalk a Lot Elementary Book 1 are:Town, Food, Shopping, Health, Transport, Clothes, Work, Family, Home, and Free Timewhilst 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 NatureA third Talk a Lot Elementary book is currently in preparation, with the following brand newlesson topics:For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now!Talk a Lot ElementaryEnglish Banana.comv
Talk a LotElementary HandbookIntroductionLearning English, Films, Hospital, Books, Airport, Television, Education, Money,The Environment, and HolidaysImportant NoteThis book is the Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook, and doesn’t contain the materials forTalk a Lot courses. This book gives instructions and guidance for using the materials, whichcan be found in the existing two Talk a Lot course books. You can download the coursebooks for free from http://www.englishbanana.com, or buy hard copy versions from any goodbookseller. 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 LotElementary course books fit together on P.1.1.As well as containing instructions about how to use Talk a Lot materials, this handbook alsoprovides information sheets and practice worksheets to help students learn skills that willaccelerate 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 abrief, helpful guide and pack of resources that would provide a way into practise andlanguage work in the classroom, rather than a dry, analytical manual. For example, I havedeliberately 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 islargely ignored – except where it concerns yes/no question forms – in favour of groundingstudents 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 inconjunction with Talk a Lot materials, but should perhaps come later on for new students ofspoken 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, sothat users may take what they want from the work and use it in the way that best fits theirFor more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now!Talk a Lot ElementaryEnglish Banana.comvi
Talk a LotElementary HandbookIntroductionsituation. In my experience these materials are tried and tested and have been proven towork in the classroom.If you have any questions after studying this handbook and the Talk a Lot course materials,please do feel free to get in touch with us, either by email at info@englishbanana.com, or viaour feedback form at:http://www.englishbanana.com/contact.htmlAs ever, we owe a big debt of gratitude to everybody who has been using Talk a Lotmaterials over the past year or so. Thanks for your feedback. It really helps! We’ve had lots offun in the classroom with these lessons, and we hope that you will too! We’d love to hear fromyou about how you have used this book and how your course went, so please feel free tocontact us. We’d also be really excited to hear about your ideas and proposals for new Talka Lot topics and activities that we could include in future Talk a Lot materials.With best wishes for a successful course,Matt Purland, Ostróda, Poland (28th March 2009)For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now!Talk a Lot ElementaryEnglish Banana.comvii
Talk a LotElementary HandbookBibliographySuggestions for further reading on the topic of spoken English:English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical CoursePeter RoachCambridge University Press, 1983How to Teach PronunciationGerald KellyLongman, 2000Learner English (Second Edition)Ed. Michael Swan & Bernard SmithCambridge University Press, 2001Lucy Cowdery’s Spelling RulebookLucy CowderyTRTS, 2001Modern British and American English Pronunciation: A Basic TextbookBurkhard DretzkeUTB für Wissenschaft Uni-Taschenbucher GmbH, 1998Sound FoundationsAdrian UnderhillHeinemann, 1994Teaching PronunciationM. Celce-Murcia, D. M. Brinton, J. M. GoodwinCambridge University Press, 1996For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now!Talk a Lot ElementaryEnglish Banana.comviii
A General InformationContentsGeneral Information1.Plan of all Talk a Lot Units and ActivitiesCourse OutlineLesson OutlineAssessment Methods, Tests, and ExaminationStudent Course Report (Blank)Student Course Report (Example)Vocabulary Test (Blank)End of Course Oral Examination #1 (from Book 1)End of Course Oral Examination #2 (from Book 2)End of Course Oral Examination (Example)Certificate Template #1Certificate Template #21.11.21.31.61.111.121.131.141.181.221.261.27
Talk a LotGeneral InformationPlan of all Talk a Lot Units and ActivitiesThis page shows all of the units and activities from the first three Talk a Lot Elementary books.A 3 indicates that the material for this activity has been published and can be found online at:http://www.englishbanana.com/talkalot/ Note: we hope to update this page regularly, as more materialis added to each Talk a Lot unit! (Page last updated 11/2009)Sentence FocusWord FocusUnit / ActivitySBsCCsCTsDWsDWQsIEsMPTsDQsAGsRPsVTsLTsHow to Use33333333333312345678910Elementary Book 1:TownFood and ree ntary Book 2:CrimeSportMusicWeatherAnimalsCarsThe Human BodyColours and NumbersLife 3312345678910Elementary Book 3:Learning EnglishFilmsHospitalBooksAirportMoneyPlaces in the 333Free 3333333333333333333333333KEYSentence Focus Activities:SBs (Sentence Blocks); CCs (Connected Sentence Cards);CTs (Connected Speech Templates)Word Focus Activities:DWs (Discussion Words); DWQs (Discussion Word Questions);IEs (Information Exchanges); MPTs (Multi-Purpose Texts)Free Practice Activities:DQs (Discussion Questions); AGs (Agree or Disagree?);RPs (Role Plays)Tests:VTs (Vocabulary Tests); LTs (Lesson Tests)For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now!Talk a Lot ElementaryEnglish Banana.com1.1
Talk a LotGeneral InformationCourse Outline Before the course begins perform an initial assessment with each student to checkthat they are at a suitable level for the course, and then enrol them onto the course.This course is aimed at students who are at a good elementary level or preintermediate level. For this course we recommend that there are no more than tenstudents per class. Before we start, the Talk a Lot course materials are designed to be flexible, and canbe used in any way that you find suitable for your group or your needs. The courseoutline below is just an example, so please don’t feel that you have to follow it to theletter! The course is divided into twelve three-hour lessons. The first ten lessons each havea different topic; while lesson 11 is intended for the revision of material studied overthe ten weeks, and lesson 12 is reserved for the students’ examinations and an endof course review. We recommend that you hold one lesson per week, making this atwelve week course comprising 30 guided learning hours, plus 6 hours of guidedrevision and examination. It’s up to you what order you do the lessons in; you don’thave to follow our order of topics! If your students need more than three hours of study per week, why not offer themtwo 3-hour lessons per week: one Talk a Lot lesson, as described below, and onelesson using traditional teaching methods, which include conventional reading, writingand grammar-based activities that could complement the intensive speaking andlistening work of the Talk a Lot lessons. You could follow a standard EFL or ESLcourse book such as New English File or New Headway, using material thatcomplements the Talk a Lot lesson, so, for example, if your Talk a Lot lesson was onthe topic of Sport, you could use material from a traditional course book on the sametopic for the second lesson. This would then give you a course with 60 guidedlearning hours.For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now!Talk a Lot ElementaryEnglish Banana.com1.2
Talk a LotGeneral InformationLesson Outline In our example lesson outline, each lesson lasts for three hours (180 teachingminutes). This can vary according to your needs, for example, in some Englishlanguage classrooms one teaching hour is equal to 45 minutes, and so 3 teachinghours would be 2¼ hours. Or it may be that
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
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