Pronunciation Games (Cambridge Copy Collection)
Pronunciation Games (Cambridge Copy Collection)
Pronunciation Games is a photocopiable resource book for use with students at pre-intermediate level and above. Each activity is designed to raise awareness of an aspect of English pronunciation. The Teacher’s Pages offer clear instructions, background information, and suggestions for adaptation.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Pronunciation Games
Pronunciation Games displays the typical British sense of humor in “Sound Pictures” when it uses a picture of a vulture in a cage above the refrigerator. In some of the word games and mazes, the British RP dialect sans final /r/ is seen in words such as ‘car,’ ‘bear,’ and ‘dear.’ There are various games to play from beginning levels to the more advanced. In addition, this book is reproducible. If you want to teach RP or pick up a British accent while having some fun, this is the book for you. However, a few of the games and word pictures can be used for teaching GA or American English.
5 Stars great games for pronunciation
I bought this book based on seeing it used in a Pronunciation class that I took. I bought it for use in my ESL classroom. It’s great because it addresses a variety of pronunciation issues via games for a variety of learner levels. It has easy to follow directions, and it’s photocopiable. I’ve already used a few of the games with my class and the students love it. This book helps to add fun to a potentially boring topic!!
3 Stars Pronunciation Games
The book is not bad as an additional resource in the classroom. There tends to be an over use of the phonetic alphabet which can make the games more an academic exercise, rather than a fun way to learn pronunciation. Other than that, there a numerous other activities which help students put the correct stress on a word. The stress activities are very good.
4 Stars A Decent Resource
“Pronunication Games” is a book designed for Elementary to Intermediate students, and presents a number of activities targetting various facets of phonology. These include stress, intonation, connected speech and the like.
The games range from the bog-simple to quite complex affairs. I have found students quite enjoy them and they offer a good range of activity types.
While I would not rely entirely on this book, it does provide a good variety of games that students will mostly enjoy and have fun with.
5 Stars An excellent resource
“Pronunciation Games” is exactly what I hoped it would be. I’ve been trying to find fun, diverse ways to focus on pronuncation (not just looking at minimal pairs). This fresh approach to pronunciation is appreciated both by the students and myself. Also, there is very minimal preparation required for the games. Several games require cutting up papers (for card games), but most do not. I’ve found that most ESL game books require this and I’m glad “Pronunciation Games” does not.
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