ESOL Sc/E2.1b Articulate the sounds of English to make meaning understood
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Sc/E2.1b Articulate the sounds of English to make meaning understood
| Component skill and knowledge and understanding. Adults should learn to: |
Example of application and level | Sample activities |
| distinguish between similar-sounding phonemes, to make meaning clear |
thirty and thirteen | In a context of interest to the learners – e.g. cooking – learners practise minimal pair words (e.g. chop/shop, cup/cub, chip/ship) drawn from a recipe or a discussion on cooking from different countries. Learners listen and choose which of the two words is being said, circling one of the two. Learners listen again to the same words said in sentences, and identify which word is being said. |
Source: Department for Education and Skills (2001) Adult ESOL Core Curriculum, DfES (2001)
- Related Adult Literacy Curriculum links: SLc/E2.1 Speak clearly to be heard and understood in straightforward exchanges
- Related Functional Skills English links: E2.5 Clearly express straightforward information and communicate feelings and opinions on a range of straightforward topics
