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This blog is a resource site for teachers of English as a second and foreign language! We'll keep adding more resources, so do visit us frequently!

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Days of the week

When teaching the days of the week take particular care with the pronunciation of Tuesday and Thursday which students can easily confuse because they sound quite similar (and we tend not to notice cause of the strong meaning association we've managed to acquire). Also the pronunciation of Wednesday can be a problem because of the spelling, and the consonant cluster /ndz/ that results from it being pronounced as two syllables, not three When teaching the days of the week you can : hand out phonetic script in paper slips to take home or stick on a scrapbook have students repeat chorally the days of the week bring a calendar to the lesson to help with the presentation or review of the days of the week have students tell which days of the week are busy and which are the weekend

/s/ for be and possessive

Beginner to elementary students may well have problems distinguishing the sound of contracted forms he's, she's, it's and the marker /s/ for possessive's. Be prepared to review this point regularly to help students in both sepaking and writing

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