Hello everyone,
It is time again for Tuesday's Tongue Twisters! Pronunciation
can be a
challenge for second language learners. A fun lesson to
increase accuracy is to practice an assortment of tongue twisters.
Tongue Twisters lower the affective filter of English language learners
and kids of all ages love to practice the sing-songy fun of a great
tongue twisters.
Easy:
- We surely shall see the sunshine soon.
Medium:
- A big black bug bit the big black bear, but the big black bear bit the big black bug back!
Hard:
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Tongue twisters are fun and engaging for young English learners.
They are also culturally significant and native speakers of English are
always willing to join in the fun of this challenging practice.
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What are some of your hardest tongue twisters?
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Hi everyone,
As we all look forward to heading back to the classroom many of us will be preparing to teach second language learners.
Teachers
want to include the instructional strategies that will increase
comprehension in second language learners. Here is a list compiled by Virginia Department of Education Division of Instruction back in 2004. These are tried and true methods that still hold true today.
Integrate the four language modes (listening, speaking, reading, writing) into mathematics class.
Model
the process. Talk aloud while solving problems on the overhead or
chalkboard to show the thinking process and common errors.
Have students explain their thinking process aloud to a classmate while solving a problem.
Integrate reading and writing through the use of journals, learning logs, poems, literature, etc.
Give
explicit instruction and practice in reading and writing word problems.
Teach students to identify key words in word problems that indicate a
certain mathematical operation.
Begin class with warm-up activities using mathematical language to give students practice in sentence construction.
Write
a cloze exercise (a short paragraph with key words missing) or sentence
starters (i.e., Perimeter is the…) on the board for students to copy
and complete when they enter class.
Give students a computation problem to solve, and then have them write the steps they used to solve it in complete sentences.
Post
labels and vocabulary cards around the classroom on completed word
problems, number lines, rulers, fraction diagrams, and/or objects in the
class.
Have students paraphrase and write complex concepts in their own words (individually, pairs, or whole class).
Review mathematical vocabulary and concepts using games such as TIC TAC TOE, BINGO, Concentration, Charades, etc.
Use a variety of modes of instruction
Design multi-sensory lessons (visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic).
Use
visuals whenever possible to reinforce auditory instruction (i.e.,
charts, graphs, manipulatives, diagrams, models, real objects).
Use graphic organizers to visually represent mathematical concepts.
Design hands-on activities.
Vary groupings throughout the lesson (i.e., independent work, pair work, small groups, whole class).
Use real-life problem-solving situations to teach new concepts.
Make interdisciplinary connections whenever possible.
Happy Teaching!
Hello everyone,
It is time again for Tuesday's Tongue Twisters! Pronunciation
can be a challenge for second language learners. A fun lesson to
increase accuracy is to practice an assortment of tongue twisters.
Tongue Twisters lower the affective filter of English language learners
and kids of all ages love to practice the sing-songy fun of a great
tongue twisters.
Easy:
- Rubber baby buggy bumpers
Medium:
- Toyboat, toyboat, toyboat, toyboat
Hard:
- How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood!
Tongue twisters are fun and engaging for young English learners.
They are also culturally significant and native speakers of English are
always willing to join in the fun of this challenging practice.
What are some of your hardest tongue twisters?
Happy Teaching!
Hello everyone,
It is Tuesday and time for some Tongue Twisters! Pronunciation
can be a challenge for second language learners. A fun lesson to
increase accuracy is to practice an assortment of tongue twisters. Tongue Twisters lower the affective filter of English language learners and kids of all ages love to practice the sing-songy fun of a great tongue twisters.
Easy:
- I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Medium:
- I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.
Hard:
- I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish
Tongue twisters are fun and engaging for young English learners.
They are also culturally significant and native speakers of English are
always willing to join in the fun of this challenging practice.
What are some of your hardest tongue twisters?
Happy Teaching!
Hello everyone,
Pronunciation can be a challenge for second language learners. A fun lesson to increase accuracy is to practice an assortment of tongue twisters. Tongue Twisters lower the affective filter of English language learners and kids of all ages love to practice the sing-songy fun of a great tongue twisters.
- Four furious friends fought for the phone.
- Green glass globes glow greenly.
- The sixth sick Sheik's sixth sheep is sick.
Tongue twisters are fun and engaging for young English learners.
They are also culturally significant and native speakers of English are
always willing to join in the fun of this challenging practice.
What are some of your hardest tongue twisters?
Happy Teaching!
