English Studies JSS 3 Curriculum Guides – Speech Work (Intonation, Stress, Rhythm and Phonemes)

THEME – LISTENING SPEECH (SPEECH WORK) 

TOPIC 1 – SPEECHES: INTONATION, STRESS AND RHYTHM

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Poems and passages

2. Excerpts from magazines, newspapers, etc.

3. Sentence strips

4. Tape recorder

5. Plays

6. Supplementary readers

7. Other resources

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. identify the three intonation patterns for statements, questions and commands.

2. make statements, ask questions, give commands using appropriate intonation patterns.

3. listen to different utterances to identify correct points of pauses.

4. listen to poems for appropriate rhythm.

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Listening to speeches on the following:

• Human Rights

• Gender issues

• Value re-orientation (honesty, respect for elders, punctuality, etc.)

• Peace Education

• Conflict resolution

• Drug Abuse

• Global warming

• Consumer Rights and Responsibilities

• Road Safety

• Inter-ethnic marriages

2. highlighting correct intonation, stress and rhythm.

3. Making statements, commands and questions using the correct stress, intonation and rhythm.

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. selects materials and makes appropriate statements for students to listen to.

2. provides sample sentences, paragraphs and passages.

3. presents sample poems and plays for controlled and intensive practice.

4. presents recorded materials for controlled practice.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. identify accurately the intonation patterns from passages read by the teacher.

2. identify accurately the intonation patttern for questions, commands and statements.

3. respond to commands using different intonation patterns.

4. practise with different passgaes to identify the correct points of pauses, and appropriate rhythm especially from poems.

5. answer questions, repond to commands using different intonation patterns.

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. identify correctly intonation patterns for statements, questions and commands;

2. make statements, ask questions, give commands using appropriate intonation patterns;

3. recite poems using appropriate rhythms.

THEME – LISTENING AND SPEAKING (SPEECH WORK) 

TOPIC 2 – SPEECHES (PHONEMES)

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Recorded materials

2. Newspaper/magazine cuttings

3. Supplementary readers

4. Language games

5. Selected passages or excerpts

6. Poems

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. identify and produce different speeches with long and short vowel sounds.

2. identify and produce different speeches with consonants and consonant clusters and

3. list and make sentences with diphthongs.

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Long and short vowels, e.g.

/i:/ and /i/

• bee/be

• heed/hid

• heat/hit

• beat/bit

2. Consonants and consonant clusters:

• Consonants, e.g. fall/vim; fish/van, four/love mathematics and machine.

• Consonant clusters, e.g. respect, principle, tactile, struggle.

3. Diphthongs, e.g.

• /ei/ rail ‘ sail, date, late

• /ou/ – load, road, coat, boat

• /i:/ – fierce, theatre, hero, serious

• /ai/ – child, wild, mild, might

• /au/ – stout, rout, drought, bout.

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. identifies/produces materials for the correct pronunciation of the target sounds in context.

2. emphasizes the correct articulatory movements in the pronunciation of the sounds.

3. stresses the distinction exemplified in minimal pairs, e.g. /t/ tins, / / things; /d/ den, /ð/ then.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. listen to the teacher and imitate the production of the sounds in context.

2. practise the articulation of the sounds emphasized by the teacher in context.

3. practise the differences in sounds exemplified in minimum pairs.

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. identify correctly long and short vowels in given sentences and selections and

2. identify correctly consonant sounds, consonant clusters occurring in the given materials in context.