HCMC OPEN UNIVERSITY

Course: Language Teaching Practice (ENG702)

MICRO TEACHING 16: PRONUNCIATION (Stressed syllables)

MC LESSON PLAN

GROUP # 7
Group members: 1 Trần Thị Tiểu Thư
2 Phan Thanh Phụng
3 Ngô Quang Trí
4 Nguyễn Phương Nhi
5 Trịnh Minh Quân
Students description:
- Age: 13-15
- Level: B1
- Number of students: 16
- Type of students: language center students
- Background knowledge: students can produce simple and coherent sentences about topics with which they are familiar or in which
they have a personal interest. They can also describe experiences and events, and briefly justify opinions or explain plans.
Classroom setting: Offline
Context: Students in the English center have an extra 1-hour pronunciation class every Saturday.
Teaching materials and resources:
Whiteboard
Markers
Canva
Projector
Sticky balls
Swatters
Wordwall
Baamboozle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl_FfF53Wec (“I have a dream” by Abba)
Da Da language handouts

Objectives: After the lesson, students will be able to

● count syllables
● recognize different stress patterns in 2-syllable words
● pronounce 2-syllable words with accurate stress by using provided rules and or dictionaries

Procedures:

Stages & timing Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Anticipated problems

Stage aims
& possible solutions
 (optional)

To review the - Divide the class into 2 groups - Sit in groups Some Ss may stress on

household items - Direct Ss on the board with Canva, then give - Listen to the instruction the wrong syllable.

that Ss learned instruction: When that happens, the

in the previous “You will see pictures of household items. But pieces teacher can give out 2

lesson then lead of the pictures will be shown slowly. One ‘buzzer’ options so that they can

to the lesson from each team will go to the board and then throw a choose the correct one.

(show Ss that sticky ball to the red button so the team can answer
words can have first. The group that has the correct answer will get
different one point”.
numbers of - Check Ss’ understanding with questions (Where’s
Warm-up
syllables and group A? Where’s group B? What are the pictures - Answer the questions then
(05 mins)
different stress about? What do the buzzers do?) play the game
patterns: Sheet, - Have Ss count the points, congratulate the
pillow, winning team, and tell Ss this is just the first - Count the points
dishwasher, round.
conditioner, - Show 5 words on the screen after this game and
refrigerator. But then call some Ss to pronounce the words. - Read the words as required
for this lesson, - Correct Ss’ pronunciation or elicit some words’
Ss only focus stress by emphasizing the words with different - Repeat after the teacher
on 2-syllable stress on different syllables to make sure Ss
words) pronounce the words with proper stressing.
 - Show the 5 words again along with their IPA then - Listen, do, and repeat after
present the counting rule the teacher individually and
chorally
Activity 1: The "Chin Method" Rules (group A/ group B, boys, girls)
(07 minutes) - Try to identify the numbers
1. Put your hand under your chin.
of the syllables in different
Provide Ss with 2. Say the word.
words by using a chin
a way to count 3. How many times does your chin touch
method and or clapping
syllables your hand?
hands
4. This is the number of syllables.
- Listen to the instructions
Show Ss
- Tell Ss to say the word and clap their hands then answer the questions
Presentation different stress
together each time they hear a vowel sound
(14 mins) patterns in
- Show Ss different stress patterns in 2-syllable
2-syllable
words on the Canva
words and make
- Indicate stress in a word by overstressing da da
them guess the
with gestures and clapping the word - with a
stress patterns in
louder clap on the stressed syllable
2-syllable words
- Have Ss clap hands and repeat the words in
by playing slap
different ways (in groups, boys, girls,
the board
individually, chorally) - Play the game (use the
- Ask Ss to play “Slap the board” swatter to slap the correct
- Give the instruction “2 groups line up. Ss listen to stress pattern). All the
the teacher saying different 2-syllable words with members of the group that
different stress patterns. Each pair races to use the has the correct answer first
 swatter to slap the correct stress pattern. All the will have to chorally shout
members of the group that has the correct answer out the stress pattern (da da)
first will have to chorally shout out the stress to get one point
pattern (da da) to get one point”
- Check Ss’ understanding of the instruction

- Have Ss count the points and congratulate the

winning team
- Congratulate the winners and give feedback

- Show pictures for Ss to guess the words and - Look at the Canva
guide Ss to work out the rules by themselves. - Guess the words
+ Stress in two-syllable words (Most nouns and - Discover the rules
adjectives with 2 syllables usually have stress on - Listen and read out loud (in
Activity 2:
the first syllable e.g. picture, minute, money, groups, boys, girls,
(07 minutes)
doctor, pilot, water, happy, yellow, useful, formal, individually, chorally)
Teach Ss
tiring, modest, record. - Note down the rules
different rules
Most verbs with 2 syllables usually have stress on
governing
the second syllable (e.g. decide, forget, explain,
2-syllable word
arrive, repeat)
stress using
- Use 2 techniques to illustrate the rules
inductive
+ Da Da (music)
approach
+ Make a fist for each unstressed syllable, open
fingers for stressed syllables.

Baamboozle - Ask Ss to do the Quiz to practice the rule - Listen to the rule
(6 minutes) - Give the instruction “Now, sit in two teams. Look
Practice
Ask Ss to do the at the screen and choose the question. Answer the
(21 minutes) Quiz to apply
 the rules question. The team with the most correct answers
will be the winner” - Answer the questions and do
- Check Ss’ understanding by asking questions the Quiz
(Do you play this game individually or in teams?
How many teams do we have?)

- Explain that the teacher is going to teach the class - Listen

a new language called Da Da. This language has
three words: Dar /da:/, Dooby /’du:bi/, and Dipety
/’dipəti/
- Ask Ss to work in groups and choose one leader - Select a team leader
(the group that has the leader stands up first will - Receive handouts
answer first)
- Give out copies of the Da Da phrase book.
- Explain that the secret to the translation lies in the - Listen to the instructions
stress patterns. The stress patterns for the three
Activity 4:
words Dar, Dooby, and Dipety are O, Oo, and
(15 minutes)
Ooo respectively
Da Da
- Point out that the English words or groups of
Language
words in the phrasebook also have these three
Further practice
stress patterns. For example, fresh = O, lots of =
Oo, and Plenty of = Ooo
- Call out the Da Da sentences and ask students to - Call out the translation
call out the translation in groups
- Ask students to work in groups in ten seconds - Work in groups to play the
before giving out the final answer game
- Ask the whole class or an individual to repeat the - Read out loud the
right answer after each pattern translation in front of the
class
 Activity 5: - Show the lyric of the song “I have a dream” by -Listen to the song to fill in the
(15 minutes) Abba with blanks on the screen blanks
Karaoke Night: - Play this song and ask Ss to listen to check the
Choose a song correct answer
with clear - Model the first three sentences while
stress patterns exaggerating the stressed syllables
and have Ss sing - Ask Ss to work in pairs and look up the stress and -Look up the stress and
along. Tell Ss to pronunciation of the other highlighted words in pronunciation of the other
pay attention to the lyric in three minutes highlighted words in the lyric in
Production the stress of - Call some Ss to say the words three minutes
(15 minutes) each word. - Teach them to sing sentence by sentence till the
Encourage them end of the song - Sing along
to emphasize - Ask two groups to take turns to sing (each group
the stressed sings one sentence at a time: Group A - BLACK - Sing in groups
syllables and lines and group B- PINK lines)
make them
- Receive feedback and
louder and - Give feedback on Ss’ performance correct the errors/ mistakes
longer than the
unstressed
syllables

Ask Ss to choose a short story that they like and Choose a short story that they
record themselves telling the story using correct word like and record themselves
Homework stress rules. They then hand it in on Google telling the story using correct
Voice of the
Classroom. Ss will leave comments and vote for the stressing rules. They then hand
week
(05 minutes) best story there it in on Google Classroom. Ss
will leave comments and vote
for the best story there
Appendix

Teaching materials and handouts

Canva (PowerPoint) Swatters Sticky balls

WordWall Baamboozle
Da da phrase book (handouts)