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2- Listening discrimination : focused listening practice with feedback on learners’ ability to
correctly discriminate the feature.
Activities for listening discrimination
a- Our dogs “SHORT & LONG” are waiting for a treat.
Can you please place the cookies (words) in the right bowl?
pine
fox
cube
bone
e
cap
bean
beg
pin
cub
SHORT
b- Sounds:
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-
paint
LONG
I &
Listen to each sentence and circle the word you hear.
This coffee tastes bitter / better.
He spilled / spelled the soup.
Is this your bell / bill?
The bell/ bill is ringing.
The chicks/cheeks were born yesterday.
3- Controlled practice: oral reading of minimal-pair sentences, short dialogues, etc., with special
attention to the highlighted feature in order to raise learner’s consciousness.
a- In pairs, read aloud the following words, circle the
sound and underline the
Live, each, me, meat, dishes, sing, feed, see, we, be, field, yield, rivers, silver, hills,
Melodious, eat, sit, will, with.