Longman Active Study Dictionary Wo r k s h e e t s

Pronunciation practice using the Longman Active Study Dictionary

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Activity 1 Stress
1 Look at the notes on page xvii of the workbook to see the notes on stressed syllables.
eg: a.bil.i.ty = aBILity - stress on the second syllable
The in the phonetics marks the stressed syllable.
Look up the following words in the Longman Active Study Dictionary and mark the stressed syllable, using the
phonetics to help you.
eg: a.bil.i.ty = aBILity
a) coincide d) librarian
b) coincidence e) someday
c) library f) someone
Activity 2 Phonetics
Which of the above phonemes do these words start with? Use the Longman Active Study Dictionary to help you.
a) their b) thanks c) thaw
d) them e) sugar f) sunset
g) sure h) surf
Activity 3
3 Try to guess these words. They are all words beginning with the letter p. Use the Longman Active Study
Dictionary to help you.
a) b) c)
d) e) f)
g) h) i)
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IPN: 0997027436
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Aim: To focus on stress and phonetics used in the Longman Active Study Dictionary
Level: Intermediate
Time: 40-50 minutes
Materials: Photocopiable worksheets and Longman Active Study Dictionary
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Longman Active Study Dictionary Te a ch e r s Not es
Pronunciation practice using the Longman Active Study Dictionary
Activity 1
1 Boardwork:
Write five words that the students know on the board
eg: KITCHEN BEDROOM VEGETABLE PROGRAMME APPLE
Ask students if they know where the stress falls on the words. Get them to practise saying them and then look them up to find the
stress.
Use the word ability as an example, pointing out that the phonetic transcription has a mark like an apostrophe which marks the
main stressed syllable.
Monitor students as they work as it may be quite difficult for them at first. Make sure that they write their answers like the
examples and the layout below.
Answers:
Extension activity:
Divide class into pairs and get them to choose five words that they like from the previous lesson. They then use the Longman
Active Study Dictionary to find the stress of these words.
Ask the pairs to write the words in a line with stress patterns as in exercise 1, but in the WRONG order. So they write the
WRONG stressed syllable in capitals.
The pairs then give their papers to another pair to correct. Encourage students to use their dictionaries for checking.
Activity 2
2 Isolate each phoneme and practise the pronunciation. Get students to think of at least two examples of each.
Tell students how valuable knowing phonemes will be to them, as spelling can mislead them into the wrong pronunciation. So its
always worth referring to a dictionary to check!
For the activity, get students to work in pairs and use their dictionaries to find the answers.
Answers:
a) b) c)
d) e) f)
g) h)
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Activity 3
3 Depending on how confident your class are with phonetics you might want to give them the following
guidelines:
a) - c) = words beginning with ps
d) - f) = words beginning with ph
g) - h) = words beginning with p
Before they do the exercise ask students to try and say the words to each other.
Then get them to turn to the letter p and use the Longman Active Study Dictionary to find the answers.
Answers:
a) psychic b) psalm c) psycho
d) phone e) photo f) phrase
g) plum h) polite i) pool
If students enjoy the exercise, get them to find their own six words and make a quiz for their partner where
they have to guess which word the phonetics represent.
a) co.in.cide = coinCIDE
b) co.in.ci.dence = coINcidence
c) li.bra.ry = LIbrary
d) li.brar.i.an = liBRARian
e) some.day = SOMEday
f) some.one - SOMEone