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PRONUNCIATION LAB
Numbers, Dates, and Figures
Deliver easily confused numbers, dates and figures clearly enough for accurate action.
LevelB2Time30 minutesLesson typePronunciation LabTopic FamilyTF33 · Data, Numbers & Visual Information
Your goal
Deliver easily confused numbers, dates and figures clearly enough for accurate action.
Why this lesson / ทำไมต้องเรียนบทนี้
The learner notices the sound feature, practises it with control and then uses it to make a real message easier to understand.
ออกเสียงตัวเลข วันที่ และข้อมูลที่สับสนง่ายให้ชัดเจนเพียงพอต่อการนำไปปฏิบัติ ผู้เรียนสังเกตลักษณะเสียง ฝึกแบบควบคุม และนำไปใช้ทำให้ข้อความจริงฟังเข้าใจง่ายขึ้น
Progress Focus · how the final task is assessed
INT · IntelligibilityMakes the key message understandable on the first hearing.0 not yet · 1 with support · 2 independently
PR · Target featureUses the lesson’s stress, grouping or intonation feature accurately.0 not yet · 1 with support · 2 independently
FP · TransferMaintains the feature in an independent workplace message.0 not yet · 1 with support · 2 independently
Lesson structure · 30-minute route
3 minHear the target feature4 minNotice the sound pattern5 minPractise with control5 minUse the feature in meaningful chunks8 minDeliver a workplace message5 minFinal pronunciation task
For maximum benefit, unfinished personal examples may be completed after class. The core lesson still ends with an independent performance.
TEACHER Teacher Lesson Plan · Read before class
- Set the listener, purpose and final outcome.
- Use the model for noticing, not line-by-line reading.
- Let the learner select and personalise useful language.
- Run supported practice, then remove the support.
- Delay feedback until the message is complete.
- Score the final task, give one improvement point and require a focused retry.
1
Hear the target feature
Numbers, dates and figures must be intelligible on the first hearing because a small sound difference can change a business action.
Learner does: explain the listener, purpose and successful outcome in your own words.
Teacher Help · Stage 1
Ask the learner to state the listener, purpose and successful outcome in plain English. Move on only when the task is clear.
2
Notice the sound pattern
Contrast: thirteen / thirty; fifteen / fifty; fourteen / forty.
Chunk: The revised total is THIRteen thousand, due on THURSday the THIRtieth.
Learner does: identify the job of each part of the model before borrowing any language.
Teacher Help · Stage 2
Play or model the contrast once. Ask what changes in grouping, stress or intonation and what the listener notices.
3
Practise with control
| Stress contrast |
- -teen carries final stress
- -ty carries first-syllable stress
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| Group figures |
- 13,500 = thirteen thousand five hundred
- 0.15 = zero point one five
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| Confirm |
- Did you say…?
- Let me read that back.
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Learner does: explain the meaning of each group and create one true workplace example from every row.
Teacher Help · Stage 3
Mark the target feature visibly, then practise short chunks. Correct the target feature before minor accent differences.
4
Use the feature in meaningful chunks
Learner does: Hear and identify ten minimal number contrasts.
Use keywords only. Change names, figures, reasons and actions so the message is yours.
Teacher Help · Stage 4
Give prompts or keywords, not a full script. Require the learner to make the content true for the situation.
5
Deliver a workplace message
- Read figures in complete business chunks, not isolated digits only.
- Dictate an order total, date and percentage; repair any misunderstanding.
Retry rule: after feedback, repeat the weakest part with one changed condition.
Teacher Help · Stage 5
Take the other role or act as the reader. Change one realistic fact after the first attempt and delay correction until the message is complete.
6
Final pronunciation task · prove intelligibility
Deliver six mixed figures in a 45-second update. The listener must record every number and date correctly after one hearing.
Success: complete the task independently and make the listener’s next action or understanding clear.
Teacher Help · Final assessment
Do not supply wording during the final task. Score the three Progress Focus areas, give one precise improvement point and run a shorter retry.
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