Eastern Visayas State University
January 15, 2011
SKILLS ENHANCEMENT SEMINAR
Presented by Ma. Belinda Lora and Mark Fullmer
Univ. of Southern California
Bachelor’s Degree in Music (Trumpet)
Boston College
Master’s Degree in Teaching English
Has taught at Chapman University,
Irvine Valley College, and
Fullerton College
MARK FULLMER
Leyte Normal
University
Eastern Visayas
University
MA. BELINDA LORA
GOALS FOR THIS SESSION
1. Get to know each other!
2. Assess our current strengths and
weaknesses as teachers
3. Enhance knowledge of prepositions
4. Refine pronunciation skills
GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER
 INSTRUCTIONS: Pair up with a partner and
look through your wallet or purse. Find
something unusual. Explain to your partner
the significance of the object you found, why
you carry it with you and what it reveals
about you as a person.
Being an entertaining teacher
Treating every student fairly
Speaking in English
Knowledge of subject matter
Job stress
Discipline in the classroom
Patience
What is your greatest fear
about being a teacher?
Time management
Organization
Paperwork
Connecting with students personally
Pronunciation
Explaining ideas
Grading
Being an entertaining teacher
Treating every student fairly
Speaking in English
Knowledge of subject matter
Job stress
Discipline in the classroom
Patience
What is your best strength
as a teacher right now?
Time management
Organization
Paperwork
Connecting with students personally
Pronunciation
Explaining ideas
Grading
ASSESSMENT FOR THIS SEMINAR
Instructions: on the survey form provided, rank
the skills you would like to review (5 = most
important, 1= least important)
Rank
Activity
2
4
3
Pronunciation
3
Designing a student-friendly syllabus
Leading productive class discussions
Punctuation Rules
PREPOSITIONS (pre-activity)
 INSTRUCTIONS: With a partner, identify each
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of the prepositions in the following sentences
and the corresponding object.
Example: “”
1.
2.
3.
4.
TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE
TURN AROUND
TAKE OFF
TALK TO
GO AROUND
SIT WITH
THROW TO
TURN OFF
PUT ON
GO WITH
SIT BEHIND
THROW AT
GO OUT
COME IN
TURN ON
WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?
NOUN: a name (a person, place or thing)
Example: “Mark !”
ADJECTIVE: a modifier (describes a noun)
VERB: an action “Mark ran to the closest C.R.”
“Mark ran.”
ADVERB: a modifier (describes a verb)
PRONOUN:
replaces a noun “Mark ran to the closest C.R. quickly.”
(“He” or “I”
instead of
“Mark”)
Preposition ?!?!
WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?
 Definition: A word that explains the time,
space or logical relationship between the
other parts of the sentence.
(Time) “Mark ran for three hours.”
(Relationship) “Mark visited the house of Belinda Lora.”
(Space) “Mark ran to the C.R.”
WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?
Easy way to remember: a word that
shows the relationship between two
things.
PREPOSITION RULES
1. Some prepositions must be used with
certain words and sometimes they don’t
have any logical relationship.
“I usually drink coffee in the morning.”
“I slept in this morning and missed my bus.”
“I tried to catch the dog, but it ran away.”
PREPOSITION RULES
1. Prepositions must be followed by nouns,
and they usually should not go at the end of
the sentence.
Examples:
Wrong: “Who are you talking to?”
Right: “To whom are you talking?”
Wrong: “Where are you coming from?”
Right: “From where are you coming?”
PREPOSITIONS REVIEW
 Instructions: with a partner, read the
following passage and write down all the
prepositions.
“500,000 party at Rizal Park”
MANILA – About half a million revelers jumped
to their feet, cheered, clapped, blew on toy
horns and threw confetti as multicolored
fireworks lit up the sky over the Rizal Park in
the first ever New Year countdown held at the
metropolis’ biggest recreation center. The
show lasted for about three minutes, but
people showed no sign of leaving for some
time after the countdown as other fireworks
were set off in surrounding areas.
“500,000 party at Rizal Park”
MANILA – About half a million revelers jumped
to their feet, cheered, clapped, blew on toy
horns and threw confetti as multicolored
fireworks lit up the sky over the Rizal Park in
the first ever New Year countdown held at the
metropolis’ biggest recreation center. The
show lasted for about three minutes, but
people showed no sign of leaving for some
time after the countdown as other fireworks
were set off in surrounding areas.
PREPOSITIONS REVIEW:
 Instructions: now see if you can remember
the correct preposition….
“500,000 party __ Rizal Park”
MANILA – About half a million revelers jumped
__their feet, cheered, clapped, blew __ toy
horns and threw confetti as multicolored
fireworks lit __ the sky over the Rizal Park __
the first ever New Year countdown held __
the metropolis’ biggest recreation center. The
show lasted __ about three minutes, but
people showed no sign of leaving for some
time after the countdown as other fireworks
were set off __ surrounding areas.
PRONUNCIATION SKILLS
 “American” English is not correct
pronunciation. British English, Filipino
English, Chinese English, etc., are simply
different dialects.
 Being able to be understood is more
important than having perfect pronunciation
How to teach Pronunciation
Method 1: Listening Drills
 Technique: Choose whether pronunciation
“A” or “B” is correct.
incomprehensible
good
preparatory
laugh
workers
boys
biotechnology
perpetuate
voice
phonics
love
phonemics
priest
appropriate
Listening Drills
Now you try it!
Choose a word and test your partner: is
pronunciation “A” or “B” is correct?
incomprehensible
good
preparatory
laugh
workers
boys
biotechnology
perpetuate
voice
phonics
love
phonemics
priest
appropriate
How to teach pronunciation
Method 2: Total Physical Response
 Technique: Use the posture of your students
to model different vowels (for example, “ah”
versus “uh”)
 In-for-ma-tion
 In-dulge
 Vis-ta
Total Physical Response
Now you try it!
With a partner, choose a word and design a
body posture to teach correct pronunciation.
 Oooh vs. Uhhhh
 Ehhh vs. Eeeee
 Deeee vs. Thuh
 Zeee vs. Ssssss
How to Teach Pronunciation:
Method 3: Face Chart
 Technique: Use a picture
of the face to properly
demonstrate the
placement of the tongue
during pronunciation
How to teach pronunciation
Method 4: International Phonetic Alphabet
Tapos Na!
 Questions? Concerns? Ideas?
Fill out the rest of the survey you were given earlier.
Do not write your name.