Patching up listening skills with TubeQuizard (SkyTeachConference)

Slides from my talk

1. Patching up listening skills with TubeQuizard Olya Sergeeva SkyTeachConference 18 March 2017 [email protected] blog: http://eltgeek.wordpress.com @ olyaelt

2. http://www.tubechop.com/watch/8846209 Leo’s bad luck ( TheEllenShow ) What level could you use this video with?

3. http://www.tubechop.com/watch/8846209 Please type ‘+’ once you’ve watched the video What level could you use this video with?

4. 5 Track 1 (1) _______ looking (2) _______ the window , (3) _______ entire engine (4) ______________ fireball. http://kirilloid.ru/pub/evo/index.html

5. 6 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball.

6. 7 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. Listen to Track 2. Type in the chat box how ‘ I was ’ sounds in reality. Does Leo say ‘ˈ aɪ wɒz ’ or are some sounds reduced / missing?

7. 8 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. Written form Spoken form 2 I was ˈ a ɪ wɒz

8. 9 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. Written form Spoken form 2 I was ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z

9. 10 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. Written form Spoken form 2 I was ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z 3 looking out ˈ lʊkɪŋ aʊt

10. 11 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. Written form Spoken form 2 I was ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z 3 looking out ˈ lʊkɪ ŋ_aʊ t

11. 12 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. Written form Spoken form 2 I was ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z 3 looking out ˈ lʊkɪ ŋ_aʊ t 4 and the ənd ði :

12. 13 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. Written form Spoken form 2 I was ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z 3 looking out ˈ lʊkɪ ŋ_aʊ t 4 and the ən d _ði :

13. 14 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. Written form Spoken form 2 I was ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z 3 looking out ˈ lʊkɪ ŋ_aʊ t 4 and the ən d _ði : 5 just dʒəst

14. 15 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. Written form Spoken form 2 I was ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z 3 looking out ˈ lʊkɪ ŋ_aʊ t 4 and the ən d _ði : 5 just dʒ ə s t

15. 16 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. Written form Spoken form 2 I was ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z 3 looking out ˈ lʊkɪ ŋ_aʊ t 4 and the ən d _ði : 5 just dʒ ə s t 6 turned into a tɜːnd ˈ ɪntə ə

16. 17 I was looking out the window , and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. Written form Spoken form 2 I was ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z 3 looking out ˈ lʊkɪ ŋ_aʊ t 4 and the ən d _ði : 5 just dʒ ə s t 6 turned into a tɜːn d _ ɪntə ə

17. 18 Track 7 (1) _______ right after Sully had (2) _______incident happen to him (3) _______geese…

18. 19 It was right after Sully had that incident happen to him with the geese… Written form Spoken form 8 it was ɪt wɒz 9 10

19. 20 It was right after Sully had that incident happen to him with the geese… Written form Spoken form 8 it was ɪ t w ɒ z 9 10

20. 21 It was right after Sully had that incident happen to him with the geese… Written form Spoken form 8 it was ɪ t w ɒ z 9 that ðæt 10

21. 22 It was right after Sully had that incident happen to him with the geese… Written form Spoken form 8 it was ɪ t w ɒ z 9 that ðæ t 10

22. 23 It was right after Sully had that incident happen to him with the geese… Written form Spoken form 8 it was ɪ t w ɒ z 9 that ðæ t 10 with the wɪð ð ə

23. 24 It was right after Sully had that incident happen to him with the geese… Written form Spoken form 8 it was ɪ t w ɒ z 9 that ðæ t 10 with the wɪ ð ð ə

24. 25 Track 11 (1) _______ the only person (2) ______________ see this.

25. 26 I was… I was the only person there that seemed to see this. Written form Spoken form 12 there that ðeə ðæt 13

26. 27 I was… I was the only person there that seemed to see this. Written form Spoken form 12 there that ðe ə ðæ t 13

27. 28 I was… I was the only person there that seemed to see this. Written form Spoken form 12 there that ðe ə ðæ t 13 seemed to siːmd tu ː

28. 29 I was… I was the only person there that seemed to see this. Written form Spoken form 12 there that ðe ə ðæ t 13 seemed to siːm d t ə

29. 30 Written form Spoken form 12 there that ðe ə ðæ t 13 seemed to siːm d t ə Written form Spoken form 8 it was ɪ t w ɒ z 9 that ðæ t 10 with the wɪ ð ð ə Written form Spoken form 2 I was ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z 3 looking out ˈ lʊkɪ ŋ_aʊ t 4 and the ən d _ði : 5 just dʒ ə s t 6 turned into a tɜːn d _ ɪntə ə

30. 31 Frequent chunks wɪ ð ð ə ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z ɪ t w ɒ z t/d missing Vowels missing dʒ ə s t ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z ən d _ði : ɪ t w ɒ z ðæ t ðe ə ðæ t ðe ə ðæ t tɜːn d _ ɪntə ə siːm d t ə Miscellaneous lʊkɪ ŋ_aʊ t

31. 32 Fact 1 : ‘real life’ pronunciation is often different from the learners’ expectations

32. 33 Fact 1 : ‘real life’ pronunciation is often different from the learners’ expectations Fact 2 : ‘real life’ pronunciation is not chaotic – there are patterns / high frequency pronunciation features

33. 34 Diagnostic activities: adjust expectations & demystify

34. 35 Diagnostic activities: adjust expectations & demystify Procedure: Choose a short authentic video Watch for gist Transcribe one sentence Analyze pronunciation (what sounds are missing?) Repeat & analyze what features are frequent

35. 36 ‘that’ is often pronounced / ðæ t /

36. Training activities: multiple examples of one feature

37. 40 Frequent chunks wɪ ð ð ə ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z ɪ t w ɒ z t/d missing Vowels missing dʒ ə s t ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z ən d _ði : ɪ t w ɒ z ðæ t ðe ə ðæ t ðe ə ðæ t tɜːn d _ ɪntə ə siːm d t ə Miscellaneous lʊkɪ ŋ_aʊ t

38. 41 Frequent chunks wɪ ð ð ə ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z ɪ t w ɒ z t/d missing Vowels missing dʒ ə s t ˈ a ɪ _ w ɒ z ən d _ði : ɪ t w ɒ z ðæ t ðe ə ðæ t ðe ə ðæ t tɜːn d _ɪntə ə siːm d tə Miscellaneous lʊkɪ ŋ_aʊ t

39. Grammar structures which might be difficult to catch because of the loss of /t/ or /d/?

40. Negatives (didn’t, can’t, shouldn’t) Past simple (turned, stopped, tried), present perfect, the passive Superlatives (the best summer, the most) Modals (must, could, should)

41. Grammar structures which might be difficult to catch of a very weak schwa ?

42. Modals (must, could, should) There is / There are Past simple (he was here)/ continuous (I was trying)

43. Present/future simple (I’ll, I’m) Modals (must, could, should) There is / There are Personal pronouns (my bedroom, our money) Prepositions (about, out) & phrasal verbs Past simple (he was here)/ continuous (I was trying)

44. Listening decoding Diagnostic & training activities Reactively Proactively : [lower levels up] grammar & new lexis / functions

45. Use CTR + F to search in subs

46. http://tubequizard.com/quiz.php?id=44

47. http://tubequizard.com/quiz.php?id=44

48. Creating your own quizzes using TubeQuizard : tutorial and links https://eltgeek.wordpress.com/conferences/skyteachconference-2017/ [email protected] @ olyaelt

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51. What are your takeaways?