hi! I am doing tomorrow a chant (body parts) with young learners of english as a foreign language.They need to sing and show the mentioned body parts.Well my question is how can I work on pronunciation awareness?(what can i do beside hand clapping)

Here is a great site, complete with music for them to sing along to. In addition, I would make some bones out of cardboard and use a coat hanger as a base. Using paper clips to attach them, give each child a bone to attach as you sing the song. After you finish the song for the first time, then name the bones out loud and then replay the song and take the bones off the hanger.

http://www.brownielocks.com/dembones.html

Looks great!!I will definitely use it one day!But I already have a chant and now need to think of a task through which I can work on their pronunciation awareness.Pronunciation is here important.Any ideas?

Use the cardboard bones and let the children say the names of the bones as they put the skeleton together. Then you can ask them what sound begins Bone and Leg and Toe and Hip etc.

Hi! That sounds like a fun activity you have planned! Working on pronunciation awareness can greatly benefit your young learners. Here are a few suggestions for engaging activities to incorporate into your lesson:

1. Tongue Twisters: Use tongue twisters that focus on specific sounds or phonemes related to body parts. Encourage the learners to repeat the tongue twisters multiple times, emphasizing proper pronunciation and enunciation.

2. Mime and Mirror Activity: Divide the learners into pairs. One student mimics the pronunciation of a body part using exaggerated facial expressions and gestures while the other student mirrors them, trying to imitate the pronunciation. Then, they switch roles. This activity helps increase awareness of the individual sounds and mouth movements involved in pronunciation.

3. Rhyme Time: Create simple rhymes or chants using body parts vocabulary. Encourage the learners to listen carefully to the rhyming words and repeat them accurately. Emphasize the correct pronunciation of the body part words so they can notice the specific sounds and syllables.

4. Listen and Repeat: Use audio recordings or videos of correctly pronounced body parts vocabulary. Have learners listen carefully and then repeat the words after the audio. To make it more engaging, turn it into a game where they can earn points for accurately pronouncing the words.

5. Word Stress Exercise: Demonstrate and explain word stress by exaggerating the emphasis on certain syllables of body part words. Have the learners echo your model and identify the stressed syllables. This helps them recognize the importance of stress and intonation in English pronunciation.

Remember to provide clear explanations and model proper pronunciation throughout the activities. Also, make sure to create a positive and supportive learning environment where the learners feel comfortable experimenting and making mistakes. Happy teaching!