4h Total
This course helps learners build knowledge of some of the most common vowel
sounds in English and draws on various methodologies for teaching phonemic
awareness, such as Key Word awareness.
- This course is suitable for beginner to advanced English Language Learners.
- Each unit is a collection of short lessons that are 2 minutes or fewer. Each unit
takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes to complete. - Designed with reference to national English language standards (CASAS).
Unit 1: See /iː/
Unit 2: It /ɪ/
Unit 3: No /o/
Unit 4: Law /ɔ/
Unit 5: Bus /ʌ/
Each unit features the following structure. Learners…
- Hear the target sound and practice producing it.
- Learn 5 words with the target sound. Repeat and practice words along with a
narrator. - See how the sound is formed by watching a video displaying mouth
movement. - Hear and practice a three word chant with that sound in rhythm
- Identify the sound in sentences
- Learn the most common spelling patterns for the sound
- Increase awareness of resources for pronunciation by seeing an example of
the sound in the dictionary, and in the phonemic alphabet - Differentiate between sounds /iː/ and /ɪ/ (Unit 2); /o/ and /ɔ/ (Unit 4).