Hi Ana
There are some good activities in this book - esp 'contrastive stress sign
posts' (or something), which could be easily adapted to include lexis
relevant to your learners.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pronunciation-Games-Cambridge-Copy-Collection/dp/0521467357
Also the old Headway Pronunciation series had some useful exercises.
Aside from exam prep, I think working on pronunciation is a great move - you
can get away with a lot of approximation in the articulation of specific
sounds if the word stress is right, and similarly, grammatical errors are
far easier for native speakers to deal with if a learner's utterance is
packaged correctly in a correct prosodic 'envelope'.
Good luck!
Melissa Worth
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From: "Ana McDermott" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:28 PM
Subject: Intonation for ESOL
Hi there,
I am teaching ESOL L1 for the first time. We are working towards the City
and Guilds L1 3692. I'm planning to include rythm, stress and intonation as
part of the preparation towards the Speaking and Listening assigments. These
really helped me when I was learning English. I wonder if this is still
valid and worth it and if so, which resources would you recomend that are
relevant for learners that live in the U.K?
Many thanks
Ana
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