ESOL Lr/E3.2e Listen for phonological detail

Listen for phonological detail (i) Understand that many varieties of English have a stress-timed rhythm, and that many syllables include an unstressed vowel, i.e. the schwa, and notice this when listening (ii) Know that identifying stress within a word can aid recognition and understanding of that word, and that identifying stress within a sentence can help overall understanding (iii) Use this knowledge to aid understanding (iv) Notice the different stress patterns in words of the same family (v) Recognise and discriminate between specific individual sounds spoken in isolation, and recognise how they might change in connected speech (vi) Use phonological clues such as falling intonation to help notice when a speaker is coming to the end of a turn (vii) Understand that listening in detail to how speakers pronounce English can be a useful way to improve learners' own pronunc