How Many A1 - Activity 4

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How Many A1 – Activity 4

Aim of Activity

10 - 15 minutes

To sensitise the learners to the differences in the pronunciation of numbers, e.g., 13 vs 30, 14 vs 40.

Steps for Students

Listen to and repeat the numbers you hear.
Listen to your teacher.If you hear a word from the left column, turn left. If you hear a word from the right column, turn right.

PRONUNCIATION JOURNEY:

Do the activity in pairs.
See the MAP.
Choose a city and guide your partner there.
Go left = numbers where the stress is on the second syllable e.g. thirteen, fourteen, fifteen;
example – thirteen: o O
Go right = numbers where the stress is on the first syllable e.g.: thirty, forty, fifty)
example – thirty: O o
Example: thirty (turn right at 1) – fifteen (turn left at 2) – seventeen (turn left at 3) – ninety (turn right at 4) -> Paris

Step 1: Can you hear the difference?

Ask the learners if they can hear the difference (between the following numbers: thirteen – thirty, fourteen – forty, fifteen – fifty, sixteen – sixty, seventeen – seventy, eighteen – eighty, nineteen – ninety).

Play the recording:

Step 2: Write the numbers on the board or the screen in two columns like this:

left

right

thirteen

fourteen

fifteen

sixteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen

thirty

forty

fifty

sixty

seventy

eighty

ninety

Step 3: Pronunciation journey

Make a copy of the MAP for each learner, project it on an interactive whiteboard or share the map with the learners digitally.

At each number, the learners need to decide whether to go left or right.

left = numbers where the stress is on the second syllable e.g. thirteen, fourteen, fifteen;
right = numbers where the stress is on the first syllable e.g.: thirty, forty, fifty)

Demonstrate the task by reading four numbers. For each word, the learners need to turn left or right according to the word stress.

After reading four words, the learners should arrive at one of the cities at the top of the map.

Example: thirty (turn right at 1) – fifteen (turn left at 2) – seventeen (turn left at 3) – ninety (turn right at 4) -> Paris

Step 4: After the demonstration, the learners can do the activity in pairs.

TIP!

For visual aid, the stress patterns can be marked with circles above the numbers on the board or screen:

Example:

o O O o

thirteen – thirty

The stressed syllables are highlighted:

thirteen – thirty

fourteen – forty

fifteen – fifty

sixteen – sixty

seventeen – seventy

eighteen – eighty

nineteen – ninety