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Lesson Plan
Subject

: Pronunciation Practice

Lecturer

: Nur Alfa Rahmah, SS., M.Pd

Topic

: Diphthongs /au/ and /eI/

Status

: Compulsory

Course Code/Credit

: PBI 2318/ 2 Credits

Program/Semester

: S1 English Department/ 2rd semester

College

: IAIN Antasari Banjarmasin

Topic

: Figurative Language

Time allocation

: 30 minutes

Meeting

: 10

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVE

This course is designed to train students to recognize and produce English
sounds. The material given covers voiced and voiceless consonant, and vowel
with their phonetics symbols, putting words together, syllable stress, rhythm,
and intonation. It is expected that this course can develop students ability to
recognize and produce English sound with correct and good pronunciation.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, it is expected that students are able to:
1. Identify diphthongs /au/ and /ei/ from common words they find in daily life
2. Practice pronouncing diphthongs/au/ and /ei/ correctly
INDICATORS
1. Students can identify diphthongs /au/ and /ei/ from common words they
find in daily life
2. Students can practice pronouncing diphthongs /au/ and /ei/ correctly
TEACHING METHODS:
(1) Audio-lingual method, which is manifested in the listening to authentic
pronunciation materials and pronunciation drills.
(2) Communicative method, which is manifested in the teaching and learning
process where teachers and students interact communicatively with each
other.

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LEARNING MEDIA / MATERIALS

A power point containing explanation about diphthong /au/ and /ei/

Cards containing single word with diphthong /au/ and /ei/ to practice
pronunciation

Video of native speakers showing how to pronounce diphthong /ei/

Audio of exercise of diphthong /au/

PROCEDURE
Teachers activities
Pre-activity
- The lecturer greets the students,
-

Students Activities
-

The students response the

Good morning, everyone

lecturer, Good morning,

The lecturer explains about the

maam.

material that the students are

going to learn, Today, we are

Time
5

Some students answer, Yes.

Some students answer, No

going to learn about diphthongs.

Do you have any idea of what
diphthong is?
-

The lecturer points one of the

students to answer. Okay, could

The students, Diphthong is

double vowels, maam.

you please tell the class what

diphthong is?
-

The lecturer: Correct. Excellent!

Yes, everyone. Diphthong is
double vowel. This are
diphthongs that exist in English
language. (The lecturer points to
screen. The students see some
diphthongs). There are many
diphthongs in English, but we are
going to learn only two of them

Some students ask their

today, diphthong /au/ and /ei/.

friends; some others open their

The lecturer shows cards in her

dictionary, and the rest browse

hands and distribute them to the

internet to find out how to

students, Okay, now in my

pronounce the words.

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hands there are cards containing

some words. One card for each of
you. In one minute, I want you to
guess how to pronounce the word
in your card. You can ask your
friends, consult your dictionary,

Few students raise their hands.

The students pronounced the

you can browse internet,

whatever you have to do
-

Lecturer, Alright, everyone. Your

time is over. Now who wants to
tell me first the pronunciation of
the word hand. (waiting for the

words in their cards, house,

students to raise their hand)

mouse, make, made

Lecturer, Okay, yes please.

Lecturer, Good job, everyone.

Students: Yes, maam.

Okay for now, save your card. We

are not discussing yet if your
pronunciation is right or not.
Later, I want you to find out by
yourself after I explain about the
diphthongs. In the end of the
class, I want everyone ready with
the correct pronunciation. Okay?
Main activity
Introduction to diphthong /au/
-

The lecturer shows the students

15
-

the example of diphthong /au/.

The students: Shout. Down.

Hour. Pound. Mouse.

These are the examples of

words that have diphthong /au/ in
it. Now everyone, please repeat
after me. Shout. Down. Hour.
Pound. Mouse.
-

The students repeat after the

The lecturer moves around the

lecturer in turn: Shout. Down.

class and ask each students to

Hour. Pound. Mouse.

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repeat after her and the lecturer

check the correctness of their
pronunciation Shout. Down.

The students try to follow their

Hour. Pound. Mouse.

mouth widely and say au

The lecturer appreciates the

together

students efforts Alright, well

done everyone. Please
remember, when you pronounce
diphthong /au/, make sure you
open your mouth very widely.
Like this (the lecturer gives
example). Follow me

The students follow the lecturer,

everyone. /au/. Open your mouth

Down, found, loud, sound,

widely.

brown, couch, somehow, house,

The lecturer, Good job,

town, hour, shouting

everyone. Good job. Lets

practice together other words
that use diphthong /au/. Please
repeat and follow after me.

Students, promise, maam

One student raises his/her

Down, found, loud, sound, brown,

couch, somehow, house, town,
hour, shouting (while showing
pictures and the pronunciation of
-

hand.
-

The students who raises his/her

the words in the power point)

hand ask question, what is the

The lecturer, Wonderful. Please

different between couch and

continue practicing like this at

coach?

home, every day. Promise?!

-

The lecturer, Okay. Any

question?

The lecturer, Yes, please.

The lecturer, Good question.

Couch is pronounced /kaut/
while coach is pronounced
/koat/. I am going to show you
some differences of pronunciation
between words (showing slides

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of powerpoint). You know, couch

is different from coach, clown is
different from clone, and found is
different from phoned.

Introduction to diphthong /eI/

-

The lecturer, okay, now if you

dont have any more question,
lets go to diphthong /ei/. These
are the example of words that
contain diphthong /ei/. (showing

The students repeat and follow

powerpoint)

after their lecturer, Pain-pen.

The lecturer, Now, I am going to

Wait-wet. Taste-test. Paper-

show you a video of a native

pepper. Shade-shed.

speaker telling you how to

pronounce /ei/ correctly. Please
pay attention and follow the
instruction.
-

The lecturer, Alright, remember,

you might find some words that
look similar but they are different
in pronunciation. These are the
examples. Now, repeat after me.
Pain-pen. Wait-wet. Taste-test.
Paper-pepper. Shade-shed.

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Exercise: identifying missing words

-

The lecturer , Now, we have a

5
-

dialogue about a mouse that

Each student prepares a piece

of paper.

shows up in a house. This is an

exercise, so prepare one piece of
paper and write on your paper
number 1 to 10.

Students, Yes, maam.

The lecturer: Are you ready?

Some students, Clear, maam

The lecturer: Listen, I am going

The students listen very

to play the audio of the dialogue

twice. You can write down the
answer immediately after you
listen to the missing word or you.
Later, after you have done with
the exercise, we will talk about
the answers together. Is it clear?
-

carefully to the audio

The lecturer, Good, now listen

carefully. (The lecturer plays the

audio).
-

The students switch their paper

with each other

The lecturer, Okay, Time is up.

Now switch your paper with your

The students, down, down, .

The students give score to their

classmates beside you. Thank

you.
-

The lecturer, So, whats the

friends answer and collect the

answer of number 1? Number 2?

paper to the lecturer.

..
-

The lecturer, Well done. Well

done, everyone. Now please give
score to your friends answer and

collect the paper to me.

Post-activity
- The lecturer: Correct. Now I want -

5
The students, Diphthong

you to see again the card that I

gave you in the beginning of this

meeting. I am sure you already

know how to pronounce that

The students, Diphthong /au/ &

/ei/

Some students raised their

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correctly, right?! Okay, lets

hands.

check some of your

pronunciation. Who want to read
the cards first?
-

The lecturer: Very well. Yes,

please read your card

The lecturer, Excellent, every

one. As homework, please find

Some students read their

out more words that contain

cards, train, sound, house,

diphthong /au/ and /ei/ at home,

take.

write it on a piece of paper and

All students, Yes, maam

All students, See you, maam

collect it next week.

Understand?
-

The lecturer, Good, Please keep

practicing at home what we have
learnt today. Thank you for your
attention. See you next week.

ASSESSMENT
The assessment is conducted on students written answer for the exercise and
their oral pronunciation during pronunciation practice throughout the lesson.
Scoring rubrics for exercise
Correct answer: 1 point
Wrong answer: 0 point
Total score for correct answer: 10 points
(See Appendix I for answer keys)
REFERENCES

Baker, Ann & Sharon Goldstein. 2008. Pronunciation Pairs. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary.
www.youtube.com
APPENDIX
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