LESSON PLAN ON TEACHING STRESS

LESSON PLAN ON TEACHING STRESS

Level                       : SMP

Class/semester         : VII/I

Topic                       : stress pattern

Time                        : 15 minutes

Technique                : drill repetition

Objective        :

1.      Improving pronunciation by focusing on word stress.

2.      To make teachers more aware of their students’ pronunciation difficulties.

3.      To make teachers more aware of the importance of stress and intonation in spoken English, and to show ways on focusing on stress and intonation in class.

Procedures     :

1.      The teacher explain about stress, syllable, stress symbols, include the example.

2.      Teacher explain about how to use

-          A small square     (un- stressed syllable )

-          A large square    ( stressed syllable )

Then, teacher give the example.

3.      Teacher read the phrase or sentence based on the key/stress symbol, then ask the students to repeat it.

Preparation            :

STRESS

Stress are when a word has more than one syllable, one of them is spoken louder than rest.

Syllable is a beat of a word. The word “young” has one syllable/a beat

Examples ,

Hope (1 syllable)	A/ ‘bove (2 syllables)	‘In/tro/duce (3 syllables)
Eat (1 syllable)	A/ ‘gain (2 syllables)	‘yes/ter/day (3 syllables)

STRESS SYMBOLS

The syllable which is stressed/spoken louder is usually shown with the stress symbol.

Note :

-          A small square     (un- stressed syllable )

-          A large square    ( stressed syllable )

REPEAT AFTER THE TEACHER

Key 1 :                 

a.         Come here

b.         Speak up

c.         Sit down

Key 2 :

a.       I think so

b.      I’d like to

c.       I’m sorry

Key 3 :

a.         Do it now

b.         Not enough

c.         Write it down