Welcome to our ESL Phonics lesson featuring short “o” tongue twisters. Tongue twisters are an engaging way to practice pronunciation, improve fluency, and enhance phonemic awareness. This lesson focuses on using tongue twisters to help ESL students master the short “o” sound in words like “dog,” “box,” and “hop.” By incorporating fun and challenging tongue twisters, students will develop their ability to produce the short “o” sound clearly and confidently.
ESL Phonics: Lesson Objectives
Boost Phonemic Awareness: Strengthen students’ understanding of the short “o” sound by using it in playful and challenging contexts.
Improve Pronunciation: Help students practice and perfect the pronunciation of the short “o” sound.
Enhance Fluency: Develop reading and speaking fluency through repetitive and rhythmic tongue twisters.
ESL Phonics: Lesson Activities
Introduction to Tongue Twisters
Introduce the concept of tongue twisters to the students. Explain that tongue twisters are phrases or sentences designed to be challenging to articulate quickly and correctly, making them a fun way to practice pronunciation. Start with simple examples to demonstrate the idea.
Group Practice
Divide students into small groups and have them practice the tongue twisters together. Encourage them to say the tongue twisters slowly at first, gradually increasing their speed as they become more comfortable with the pronunciation. This group activity fosters a supportive learning environment.
Mastering the short vowel “o” sound is an essential step in learning English phonics for ESL students, and tongue twisters are a fun way to help accomplish this. Explore the resources ESL Phonics section at Stickyball.net to find more worksheets, games, and more to support your phonics teaching journey.
The free ESL phonics lesson below introduces several silly tongue twisters with the short “o” sound. Students can have fun stumbling over their words as they try to read these tongue twisters. This ESL phonics lesson is available for free download, and you can download many more lesson like this in our textbook Phonics Monster: Short Vowels.
