E-04.00 Begin Oral-Skills Training by Discriminating Sounds in Names (of Letters & People)
E-04.00 Begin Oral-Skills Training by Discriminating Sounds in Names (of Letters & People)
WorkLife English Skills Book: Life Skills, Introduction: Names & Letters
7 pages
Who It’s For: American-English (Teachers & Helpers of) Novices About to Embark on a Course of Oral-Language-Skills Building
Why It’s Useful: Learners new to the concept of instruction in Oral Language Skills need to realize that listening begins with auditory discrimination—the ability to discern (and perhaps count) the sounds of an utterance, noting their similarities and differences. Conversely, neophyte speakers want to be able to produce all the sounds of English (not necessary in isolation but comprehensibly in meaningful words + larger units). The most universal content of an introductory lesson with these aims might involve Names—those of [1] participants in the linguistic training and [2] the 26 Letters of the Alphabet. Because these words are likely to contain nearly all of the (over) 40 distinct sounds of the language (plus many of their Spellings), they’ll constitute a workable Intro to the goal of “Listening & Speaking with Understanding.”
What You’ll Do: