Lesson Notes
English
Developing Your Vocabulary
LESSON
1
Teacher Guide
Pronunciation
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know the fewer limits there will be to your imagination. A good vocabulary is an asset in life because you need words
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meanings depending on how they are pronounced.
Lesson Outcomes
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• understand that certain words have different
meanings depending on how they are pronounced
• identify the meaning intended by the writer or
speaker from the way words sound
Curriculum Links
LO 1: Listening and Speaking
• demonstrate the skills of listening to and delivering
oral presentations
• pronounce words without distorting meaning
Lesson Notes
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communication would be very tricky!
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situation they are used in and the way in which they are
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Pronunciation is the way in which words are spoken.
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changes in the voice.
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pronunciation of a word is by looking in a dictionary.
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front of a dictionary is a pronunciation key which is a
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a lot about pronunciation from listening to other people.
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TASK
Use the pronunciation guide in a dictionary to
determine how the following words should be
pronounced and what they mean:
• hara-kiri
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• PLFURÀFKH
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