TA-ble
Clap the Word Stress
Hear the strongest syllable in familiar words and show the pattern by clapping, tapping, and speaking.
Your goal
By the end of this lesson, you can hear and clap stress in familiar words.
Progress focus: PRONLIST
Engduo Audio: Licensed voices prepared for this lesson. Audio never starts automatically. Use the transcript after the first listening attempt.
1. Look, listen, and notice
Use the visual and model audio to understand the situation before explaining the language.
- TA-ble · 2 beats
- PEN-cil · 2 beats
- ba-NA-na · 3 beats
- com-PU-ter · 3 beats
Engduo Audio • Australian English
Transcript — open after listening
TA-ble, PEN-cil. The strong beat is first.
Engduo Audio • Indian English
Transcript — open after listening
ba-NA-na, com-PU-ter. Listen for the strong middle beat.
How to run Stage 1
Confirm the observable outcome in child-friendly language and offer a safe fictional option.
2. Build useful language
Choose a few useful chunks for the meaning you need; do not memorise a long script.
PEN-cil
ba-NA-na
com-PU-ter
I hear ___ beats.
The strong beat is number ___.
How to run Stage 2
Use the visual and first audio for meaning before explaining language.
3. Practise with support
Use pictures, movement, or short notes while the teacher checks meaning and participation.
- Say the word naturally before counting.
- Clap once for each syllable.
- Make the strong syllable clearer, not every syllable equally loud.
How to run Stage 3
Choose only the language chunks this learner needs and model with gesture or pictures.
4. Complete the challenge
Use English to solve, create, choose, or communicate—not just to repeat the model.
Sort familiar picture words by two or three syllables, then place a bright counter on the strongest beat and test a partner.
How to run Stage 4
Run one short supported rehearsal; keep correction light while meaning is developing.
5. Show what you can do
Complete the task with less support, receive one focused correction, and try the weakest part again.
Hear eight words, mark the stress pattern, and say four words in short phrases.
Retry: Repeat once with clearer meaning, listening, pronunciation, or organisation.
How to run Stage 5
Run the main task: Sort familiar picture words by two or three syllables, then place a bright counter on the strongest beat and test a partner.
Exit check
Complete this without reading a model: Clap the syllables and identify the strong beat in six familiar words.
Success looks like: The syllable count and main stress are clear in at least five of six words.
Evidence: speaking · Repeat the weakest part once after one meaning-focused and one language-focused prompt at most.
PRON · Pronunciation
2: Remains intelligible with useful sounds, stress, rhythm or intonation.
1: Demonstrates the skill after one focused prompt, correction or self-repair.
0: Cannot yet demonstrate the skill clearly enough to complete the stated outcome.
LIST · Listening Comprehension
2: Understands and uses the required spoken evidence accurately.
1: Demonstrates the skill after one focused prompt, correction or self-repair.
0: Cannot yet demonstrate the skill clearly enough to complete the stated outcome.
Use these scores after the independent attempt. Record one recurring need in the Engduo app when lesson-result fields become available.
How to run Stage 6
Record evidence, give one focused correction, repeat the weakest part, and celebrate the specific improvement.
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Teacher guide
30-minute must-do route
- Confirm the observable outcome in child-friendly language and offer a safe fictional option.
- Use the visual and first audio for meaning before explaining language.
- Choose only the language chunks this learner needs and model with gesture or pictures.
- Run one short supported rehearsal; keep correction light while meaning is developing.
- Run the main task: Sort familiar picture words by two or three syllables, then place a bright counter on the strongest beat and test a partner.
- Record evidence, give one focused correction, repeat the weakest part, and celebrate the specific improvement.
60-minute extension
- Mix two- and three-syllable words, then use them inside a sentence.
- Change the picture, role, information, or constraint so the learner transfers the skill rather than reciting.
- Compare the first and second attempt with one simple learner-friendly progress statement.
Make it easier
Use only two-syllable words with first-syllable stress.
Make it harder
Mix two- and three-syllable words, then use them inside a sentence.
Likely difficulty
The learner may clap letters, make every beat equally strong, or distort the word while counting.
Correction priority
Prioritise natural word shape and one clear strong beat.
Thai support rule
Keep the Thai panel closed unless pictures, gestures, replay, examples, and simpler English do not allow progress. Explain only the key distinction, then return to English.
Progress record
Score PRON, LIST from 0–2 and record one recurring need from: syllable-awareness, word-stress, rhythm.
Retry
Give one meaning-focused correction and one language-focused correction at most, then ask for a short second attempt. Use fictional alternatives, never require personal disclosure, do not publish learner work or recordings without the organisation’s appropriate consent process, and adapt movement or sensory demands.
Continue your learning path
- Council of Europe — CEFR Companion Volume — Supports observable communication outcomes, interaction, and progression.
- Cambridge English — Activities for children — Supports level-aware child-friendly practice across listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
- Council of Europe — CEFR Companion Volume — Supports observable communication outcomes, interaction, and progression.
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