Class Game: Pronunciation Journey
Make sure everybody sees the image above! Then write the following two columns somewhere by making sure that the students hear the difference in pronunciation:
| left | right |
|---|---|
| woman | women |
| place | plays |
| taught | thought |
| ship | sheep |
Tell the students that if you say a word from the left column they have to move left (from the ‘Start of journey’) and if you say a word from the right column they have to move right. Now you can begin to say four words, and they should shout at you in which city they have arrived.
A second grid for a second round:
| left | right |
|---|---|
| they | day |
| lose | loose |
| know | now |
| shit | sheet |
A last one:
| left | right |
|---|---|
| heat | head |
| heart | heard |
| live | life |
| ought | out |
Here are some possilbe four words combination for the first grid:
- Istambul: thought, sheep, women, place
- Miami: plays, ship, women, taught
- NY: woman, place, thought, sheep
For the second grid:
- Sydney: they, loose, now, sheet
- Paris: day, lose, know, day
- Moscow: shit, loose, they, know
For the third grid:
- Lisbon: head, out, live, life
- London: ought, heat, live, heart
- Bombay: head, life, out, heard