Aural Discrimination of Diphthongs Primary 6 (Basic 6) Term 2 Week 1 English Studies

ENGLISH STUDIES

PHONICS

SECOND TERM  

WEEK 1

PRIMARY 6

THEME –  AURAL DISCRIMINATION 

PREVIOUS LESSON – 

 

TOPIC – AURAL DISCRIMINATION OF DIPHTHONGS 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. distinguish between sounds in vowels, consonants and diphthongs.

2. draw the contrast between two different sounds when they are used in words.

3. distinguish between pairs of consonants and

4. distinguish between the sounds /ɪə/ in beer and /ęð/ in bare.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Course book

2. Any suitable book on English Phonetics

3. Speech cassettes

4. Cardboard chart of new sounds and words.

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION 

MEANING OF DIPHTHONG 

Diphthong is a sound formed by blending two vowels in a single syllable.

The sound begins as one vowel sound and moves towards another.

For examples –  in coin, loud, side, rain, slow, and chair, etc. 

Therefore, diphthongs are also called gliding vowels.

DIPHTHONG SOUND 

There are 8 diphthongs sounds in common english pronunciation namely –

1. /aɪ/ – Eye 

/aɪ/ uses letters and letter combinations like /i/, /igh/, and /y/ to form sounds similar to “eye.”

For example,

• Cry

• My

• Like

• Bright

• Lime

2. /eɪ/ – A

/eɪ/ uses letters and letter combinations like /ey/, /ay/, /ai/ and /a/ to form sounds similar to “great.”

For examples,

• Bake

• Rain

• Lay

• Eight

• Break

3. /əʊ/ – Oh 

/əʊ/ uses letters and letter combinations like /ow/, /oa/ and /o/ to form sounds similar to “boat.”

For examples,

• Go

• Oh

• Slow

• Loan

• Though

4. /aʊ/ – Ow

/aʊ/ uses letters and letter combinations like /ou/ and /ow/ to form sounds similar to “ow!”

For examples,

• Bound

• Brown

• How

• Now

• House

5. /eə/ – Air 

/eə/ uses letters and letter combinations like /ai/, /a/, and /ea/ to form sounds similar to “air.”

For examples,

• Pair

• Lair

• Stare

• Care

• Bear

• Chair

6. /ɪə/ – Ear

/ɪə/ uses letters and letter combinations like /ee/, /ie/ and /ea/ to form sounds similar to “ear.”

For examples,

• Career

• Fear

• Here

• Near

• Year

• Pier

7. /ɔɪ/ – Oy 

/ɔɪ/ uses letters and letter combinations like /oy/ and /oi/ to form sounds similar to “oil.”

For examples,

• Boy

• Coy

• Toy

• Toy

• Coin

• Foil

8. /ʊə/ – Cure 

/ʊə/ uses letters and letter combinations like /oo/, /ou/, /u/, and /ue/ to form sounds similar to “cure.”

For examples,

• Fur

• Lure

• Pure

• sure

• Manure

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps – he/she,

1. Revises the previous lesson based on the pupil’s related knowledge or experience.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in lesson review.

2. Produces pairs of sounds which contrast and let pupils repeat after him/her.

Pupil’s Activities – Repeat the pairs of sounds produced by the teacher in isolation and in words.

3. Writes the words containing the sounds in minimal pairs on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Make sentences with each pair of words to show that they recognize the difference in their sounds.

4. Summarizes the lesson on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in lesson summary and write as instructed.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

NEXT LESSON

LESSON EVALUATION 

Ask pupils to:

1. distinguish between the sounds.

2. draw the contrast between two sounds when used in words and

3. use them in sentences to bring out their meanings.