Quid Pro Quo

Topic: Daily conversation

Language skills: Listening and speaking

Level of student: 30 pre-sessional students

Time: 2 periods circa 120 minutes

General objective: Familiarize students with the correct English pronunciation.

Specific learning outcome: In the end of the lesson students will be able to:

1. speak with the correct pronunciation
2. differentiate between native and non-native pronunciation of English
3. garner more English vocabularies
4. communicate effectively between one another in English
   

Teaching aids: Pronunciation software "Learn to Speak English 9.0" http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Speak-English-9-Deluxe/dp/B0000BVL3S

Procedures:

Lesson will take place at the computer lab

Introduction on lesson (5 minutes)

Students will be divided into group of 5 (6 groups)

Teacher will assist them on how to use the software (15 minutes)

Students will listen to simple vocabulary of the native speaker's pronunciation from the software.(10 minutes)

Student will then record their own pronunciation through the software which will evaluate their level of pronunciation, whether they are close to the native speaker or not. They will repeat this until they have mastered or their pronunciation are close to the English native speaker. This activity will be monitored by the teachers. (40 minutes)

Later, students will learn and listen to simple phrases such as daily conversation that are commonly used. (10 minutes)

Student will then record their own pronunciation through the software which will evaluate their level of pronunciation, whether they are close to the native speaker or not. They will repeat this until they have mastered or their pronunciation are close to the English native speaker. This activity will be monitored by the teachers. (40 minutes)

Evaluation:

The students will be using the software to record their pronunciations based on words and phrases.

Guided by the software and the teacher, students will keep pronouncing the words and phrases.

The software and teacher will gauge their performance.

Students will be asked to answer the test provided by the software to evaluate their pronunciation and understanding of the English language.

Reflection: Firstly I have problems with the microphone for some of them were not usable. The computer provided by the computer lab on the other hand had some problems (software cannot be installed, damaged). Another problem occur is when students get to excited using the software when they intend to make fun of other student's mistake which causes the class to get loud and noisy. It is a good thing that in the end all students manage to get the correct pronunciation.