Stage 1 guidelines for listening: Phonology

Here are some phonology objectives for Stage 1 for listening:

To recognize all contrasts, including tone

• To distinguish question and answer intonation

Here are some phonology strategies for Stage 1 guidelines for listening:

Analysis Discover contrastive sounds of the language and their variants. Practice Use discrimination exercises to enable you to distinguish among the contrastive sounds, tones, and intonation patterns. Selective attention Pay attention to contrasts you find particularly difficult. Auditory representation Record words with troublesome sounds and play them until you remember them.

Here are some phonology techniques for Stage 1 guidelines for listening:

The Sound Checklist technique

• The Single Sound Drill technique
• The Sound Contrast Drill technique
• The Stress Pattern Drill technique
• The Tone Pattern Drill technique
• The Intonation Drill technique

Here is a phonology activity for Stage 1 guidelines for listening:

Listen for intonation patterns and specific sounds in natural speech.

• Generic module: Stage 1 guidelines for listening: Phonology
• In overview module: Stage 1: Listening modules
• In modular book: Guidelines for a Language and Culture Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In document collection: Other Resources
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 8 December 1998

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