ESOL Lr/L1.2e Listen for phonological detail
ESOL Lr/L1.2 Listen for and understand explanations, instructions and narratives on different topics in a range of contexts
ESOL Lr/L1.2e Listen for phonological detail
- understand that English has a stress-timed rhythm and that there are a number of ways in which an unstressed vowel can be indicated, e.g. the schwa, elision
- understand that identifying stress within a word can aid recognition of the word, and know that stress can vary in words of the same family
Example: Will you take our photograph? Meet Mike, he’s a photographer . Have they received their contracts? When glass cools, it contracts. - be aware of how stress can vary in sentences and how this can change meaning
Example: Where do you live? In Leeds. Where do you live? John can’t come on Tuesday. (perhaps someone else can) John can’t come on Tuesday. (perhaps another day)
recognise how intonation, pitch and stress
can indicate attitude - understand that listening for intonation and pitch can help to follow the structure of oral discourse, e.g. in signalling a change of topic#
- understand that intonation has a grammatical function, e.g. in distinguishing between a question and a statement
- understand that individual sounds can change significantly in connected speech, as a result of assimilation and elision
