Курсовая работа: Methods of teaching speech

(a) phonetic exercises which will help the teacher to develop his pupils' ear for English sounds:

— Listen to the following words and raise your hands when you hear the words with [ae] (The teacher says: desk, pen, ten, bag, etc .)

— Listen to the following pairs of words and say in what sound they differ: pen — pin; bed — bad; eyes — ice; white — wide .

(b) lexical exercises which will help the teacher to develop pupils' skills in recognizing words:

— Listen to the words and recognize the word boy among other words: a baby, a toy, a boat, a boy, a girl.

— Listen to the following words and raise your hands when you hear the words referring to plants: street, tree, grass, class, flower, tower .

— Listen to the following sentences and say whether the word country has the same meaning in both sentences:

I usually spent my holidays in the country.

The Soviet Union is a large country.

(c) grammar exercises which help the teacher to develop pupils' skills in recognizing grammar forms and structures:

— Listen to the following words and raise your hands when you hear words in plural: desk, tables, book, box, pens, books, boxes, etc.

— Listen to the following sentences and say in which one the word help is used as a noun.

He can help you. I need his help.

The second group of drill exercises includes:

(a) exercises which help the teacher to develop his pupils' auditory memory:

— Listen to the following words and try to memorize them. (The teacher pronounces a number of words pointing to the object each denotes: a carrot, a potato, a cucumber, a tomato. Afterwards pupils are told to point to the object the teacher names.)

— Listen to the phrases and repeat them. The teacher says: on the table,, in the box, near the blackboard.

— Listen to the sentences and repeat them. (The teacher says: I like tea. Ann doesn't like tea. She likes milk. )

— Listen to the sentences and repeat them in the same sequence. (The teacher says: In the evening we have tea. I like it very much . The teacher may increase the number of sentences for pupils to memorize.)

(b) exercises which are designed for developing pupils' attention:

— Listen to the following text: I have a sister. Her name is Ann. Mike has no sister. He has a brother.

Now say what is the name of Mike's sister.

— Listen to the text. (The text follows.) Now say which sentence was omitted (added) when you listened to it a second time.

(c) exercises which develop pupils' visual imagination:

— Listen to the following definition and give it a name: We write with it on the blackboard. We take it when it rains.

— Listen and say which season it is: It is cold. It often snows. Children can skate and ski.

(d) exercises which help the teacher to develop his pupils' logical thinking:

— Listen to the sentences and say whether they are logically arranged: Her name is Mary. This is a girl .

Drill exercises are quite indispensable to developing pupils' skills in listening comprehension.