Oral English - Junior Secondary 2 - Triphthongs

Triphthongs

TERM: 2ND TERM

WEEK: 9 & 10

CLASS : Junior Secondary School 2

AGE: 13 years

DURATION : 1 period of 40 mins

DATE:

TOPIC : Oral English

CONTENT : Triphthongs

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Learners should be able to;

a.) Pronounce the triphthongs

b.) Give examples of sounds with the triphthongs

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : New Concept English for Junior Secondary School 2 page 128-130

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

Week 9 and 10: Oral English

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

LEARNERS ACTIVITY

1

Week 9

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by describing how the /ᵃᶦᵊ/ and /ᵃᶷᵊ/ sound are pronounced.

 

/ᵃᶦᵊ/   

The /ᵃᶦᵊ/  is a sound combination of /ᵃᶦ/ and /ᵊ/ sounds. it can be spelt as follows

Ire

yr/yre

(o)ir

Fire

tyre

choir

shire

Byre

 

 

ie

ia

yer

society

liable

higher

piety

trial

Drier

 

/ᵃᶷᵊ/

The /ᵃᶷᵊ/ sound is a combination of the /ᵃᶷ/ and the /ᵊ/ sound. It can be spelt as follows

our

ower

Owa(r)

sour

tower

coward

our

power

nowadays

hour

shower

Howard

Learners observe, learn and participate

2

Week 10

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by describing how the /ᵉᶦᵊ/ and /ᵊᶷᵊ/ sound are pronounced.

 

/ᵉᶦᵊ/ 

The /ᵉᶦᵊ/ is a sound combination of /ᵉᶦ/ and /ᵊ/ sounds. it can be spelt as -ayer

Prayer(person), player, layer, buyer and sayer

 

 

/ᵊᶷᵊ/

The /ᵊᶷᵊ/ sound is a combination of the /ᵊᶷ/ and the /ᵊ/ sound. It is usually spelt as -ower

Mower, slower, grower, borrower, lower, sower, knower, rower

 

/ᵓᶦᵊ/

The /ᵓᶦᵊ/ sound is a combination of /ᵓᶦ/ and /ᵊ/ sound. It is spelt as -eyer, -oya, -oyou

oyer

oya

oyou

employer

enjoyable

joyous

destroyer

loyal

 

 

royal

 

 

soya

 

 

Annoyance

 

 

The teacher engages the learners in Dialogue practice involving both sounds

Learners observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

The Learners are asked to

1.   How are all the triphthongs pronounced?

2.   Give five examples each of the five triphthongs treated

- Learners observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

Learners are asked to answer exercise I on page 130 of the New Concept English for Junior Secondary School 2

Learners observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

Learners are asked to answer exercise II on page 130 of the New Concept English for Junior Secondary School 2

Learners participate

6

CONCLUSION

The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commends the Learners