English & Fun
is very pleased to announce:

TEACHING PHONOLOGY TO YOUNG LEARNERS
Clem Durán
Silvia Bozzi

When?
Saturday July 19th - 9.30 to 12.00

Where?
Escuela Argentino Modelo
Riobamba 1059
Ciudad de Buenos Aires - Argentina

HOW TO INTRODUCE CHILDREN INTO
THE MAGIC WORLD OF SOUNDS AND RHYTHM
By Clem Durán & Silvia Bozzi

Part 1 (9.30 – 11)
• Reasons for dealing with phonology in the classroom.
• Difficulties for Spanish speakers. Positive and negative transfer.
• Brief description of the English sounds.
• Rhythm – Weak and strong forms (contrast and distribution of stress)
• The role of the teacher.
• The teaching of sounds: recognition and imitation - drilling and repetition - integration)

Break

Part 2 (11.20 – 12)
• A brief introduction to MINI MILLIE, a practical approach to phonology for young learners. The participants will get a description of the material and the chance to experiment with the sound cards through games and other activities.

This event is FREE OF CHARGE
but vacancies are limited so please
confirm your attendance in advance.

Raffles!!!

REGISTRATION: info@welcometoenglishandfun.com

Mini Millie

Teaching pronunciation needs to be carried out with love and care, in a lively and humorous manner and with a great deal of patience. Never should a child feel hurt or exposed or convinced that he cannot do it.

The teachers in turn should not find the task overwhelming or feel tempted to give up in dispair if they do not see immediate acceptable results.They will be surprised at their own resources to get the best of their students in their attempt to integrate phonology with the other aspects of the language. Playing with sounds can be fun; do it with passion and enthusiasm and it will turn into a highly creative and enjoyable experience.

Mini Millie
by Clem Durán & Silvia Bozzi

A Practical Approach to English Phonology for Children

Contents:
Teacher’s book
Sound Cards
Workbook
CD
Dictionary of Sounds

Learning to speak a foreign language is often best achieved by using both the aural and the visual senses. For older learners, the use of phonetic script can help immensely. Young learners, however, need a different kind of visual stimulus to identify and remind them of the main English sounds and intonation patterns. Mini Millie aims to provide this.

The material consists of a set of amusing cartoon style pictures (big cards for the teacher and a pack of small cards for the students), a teacher’s book, a CD with recorded material, a dictionary of sounds and a workbook. The pictures help to make young learners aware of the phonological differences between Spanish and English. Through games and other activities based on the pictures, they are guided away from the pitfalls of pronunciation based on spelling and are led to explore and dramatise the features of the target language.

Each sound is represented by a character whose name includes the sound in question. So that the first visual contact should not be spelling , students are trained to “write” words with their cards; e.g.

Mini Millie is not a course in itself. It is intended to be used in conjunction with almost any existing text for young learners and provides supplementary material to help in teaching the English pronunciation.

For further information, please contact hello-millie@hotmail.com

Prices

TEACHER’S PACK (5 and 6 year olds) = $ 72
(Teacher’s book + set of big pictures + CD
+ Dictionary of sounds)

TEACHER’S PACK ( 7 year olds and plus) = $ 105
(Teacher’s book + set of big pictures + CD
pack of cards + workbook + Dictionary of sounds)

STUDENT’S PACK = $ 32
(Workbook + pack of cards)

If you want to buy them, please contact English & Fun:
info@welcometoenglishandfun.com