Pronunciation 1. Assimilation

In this lesson your students will:

• Have a good laugh in the warm-up section
• Tune their ears with audio dictation
• Decode “strange” spellings to reveal natural pronunciation patterns
• Practice tricky words with tr- and dr-
• Sort and categorize words by sound patterns in interactive tasks
• Act out mini-dialogues with blended phrases like don’t you → don/tʃu/
• Read a mysterious story while focusing on pronunciation in context
• Take on a homework challenge to spot real-world pronunciation

This lesson contains 12 interactive exercises that raise awareness of features of connected speech in American English and help improve the ability to recognize and produce these features in context.

Skills: American Pronunciation
Features: tr-, dr-, -tu-, /tʃ/, /dʒ/ in Connected Speech
Additional resources: Wordwall, LearningApps