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Pronunciation Bingo

Level: Medium to Difficult

THIS BINGO IS FOR NOUN-VERB STRESS

I came out with this idea while I was teaching pronunciation in Mexico. The idea is to make a bingo game contrasting the the pronunciation of nouns and verbs with the same spelling.(Use a stress mark (´)to show the students that nouns are stressed in the first syllable and verbs on the second).Examples:

prógress-progréss
présent-presént
prótest-protést
cóntract-contráct
désert-desért
rébel-rebél
súspect-suspéct
cónsole-consóle
cónflict-conflíct
récord-recórd
cónvict-convíct
ínsert-insért
pérmit-permít
etc.

When you name the cards let the students listen to the words but not look at them. This way they will be able to distinguish the difference.

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MINIMAL PAIRS BINGO

The same can be done to teach minimal pairs.Examples:

sit-seat
but-bat
bought-boat
saw-so
base-vase
etc.

P.D.MAKE THIS GAME INTERESTING BY GIVING SMALL PRIZES TO THE WINNERS.

Submitted by Pablo Ortega Juárez portegaj63$$$hotmail.com


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