English as a language is actually made up of many smaller sound units, called phonemes. These small pieces of sound are the “building blocks of words.” Beginner readers should develop phonemic awareness by learning to hear and break down words into individual sounds, blend sounds, manipulate them to make...
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As a teacher of English to young learners, lesson planning is very important. As a matter of fact, lesson plans for teachers are considered as a road map for reaching the target learning outcomes and achieving the objectives of each lesson as quickly as possible. In the kindergarten...
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Activity 1: TPR and Vocab (Listen and Do). Steps to do the activity: Divide the students into teams. Give each team member a vocabulary item – e.g. a color. Each member of each team has one color. Tell each member their color or give them a card with...
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Intonation refers to the pitch patterns that a speaker uses when communicating in English. The intonation of a sentence is the pattern of the pitch that occurs. There are four patterns of intonation: A) The falling intonation. It is marked by a fall of the voice from a high pitch...
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