phonological challenges, phonology, phonetics

The best way of dealing with phonological challenges in words or phrases is by modelling and drilling.

Modelling is simply pronouncing the language clearly, sometimes with the support of visual aids such as finger-highlighting, which is especially useful for modelling syllables and word stress in long words.
On the other hand, oral drills help to consolidate the pronunciation of the item and, in the case of structures, its form.

It is also a good moment for the teacher to check that the class or individual students are pronouncing the TL correctly.

Note, Seligson

Language Analysis in ESOL and CLIL Lesson Planning
By Alfonso López (alopez@cesdonbosco.com)

For phonology:

For phonology:

• The best way of dealing with phonological challenges in words or phrases is by modelling and drilling.

Modelling is simply pronouncing the language clearly, sometimes with the support of visual aids such as finger-highlighting, which is especially useful for modelling syllables and word stress in long words.

On the other hand, oral drills help to consolidate the pronunciation of the item and, in the case of structures, its form. 

It is also a good moment for the teacher to check that the class or individual students are pronouncing the TL correctly. 

Note, Seligson

Language Analysis in ESOL and CLIL Lesson Planning
By Alfonso López (alopez@cesdonbosco.com)

oral Drill - drilling

A drill is a classroom technique used to practise new language. It

involves the teacher modelling a word or a sentence and the learners

repeating it. There are different kinds of drilling, such as choral

drill, which involves the whole class, and substitution drill, where

the teacher changes the cue words after each repetition.

Example

The following sequence is an example of a substitution drill

Teacher: I like cheese

Learners: I like it

Teacher: I like apples

Learners: I like them

Teacher: I like Sue etc

In the classroom

Drilling is a classroom technique which some teachers reject due to a

possible lack of communicative quality and its highly controlled,

teacher-centred nature. However, there are advantages to it also, such

as offering learners an opportunity to practise pronunciation in a

non-threatening dynamic.