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These are the complete slide decks from my 11-day adult ESL pronunciation course — built for beginner (Level 1) learners and tested on Zoom. Every deck includes my teaching notes in the speaker notes: what to say, the circling questions, and tips. Use them, adapt them, make them yours. Built over a summer; shared freely. — Murray
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Day 1 — Alphabet & First Sounds
The A–Z chant, letter names, the sound each letter makes, and an intro to vowels.
Start Here — A-Z Alphabet Chant
⬇ 10.7 MB
Guess the Letter Game
⬇ 892 KB
Intro to Vowels
⬇ 61 KB
Letter Sounds Lab
⬇ 63 KB
Day 2 — Letters Make Words
Letter sounds, blending CVC words, and building your first words.
Review — Day 1 (Yesterday, Fast!)
⬇ 166 KB
Letter Sounds Lab 2
⬇ 63 KB
Guess the Letter Game — Round 2 (new words)
⬇ 1.6 MB
CVC Blending Workshop
⬇ 116 KB
Word Building Game
⬇ 121 KB
Push Further
⬇ 295 KB
Day 3 — Two Vowel Sounds: short & long
The silent-e trick, long vs short vowels, picture practice, echo drills, and a song.
Review — Day 2 (Yesterday, Fast!)
⬇ 58 KB
Short and Long Vowels
⬇ 100 KB
Vowel Gesture Chant
⬇ 109 KB
Long vs Short Picture Deck
⬇ 1.2 MB
Image Guessing Game
⬇ 1.1 MB
The Magic E
⬇ 117 KB
Repeat Echo Long Vowels
⬇ 727 KB
Sing: I'm a Little Teapot
⬇ 10.9 MB
Push Further
⬇ 48 KB
Day 4 — Sound-Alikes
Review — Day 3 (Yesterday, Fast!)
⬇ 333 KB
Long Vowel Warm-Up
⬇ 50 KB
Magic E — Every Vowel
⬇ 329 KB
Ship or Sheep?
⬇ 622 KB
Two Sounds of OO (book / moon)
⬇ 61 KB
Pen or Pan?
⬇ 481 KB
Tricky Vowels: Cup or Cop?
⬇ 295 KB
Sing: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
⬇ 7.4 MB
Push Further
⬇ 323 KB
Day 5 — Syllables & Beats
Review — Day 4 (Yesterday, Fast!)
⬇ 62 KB
What is a Syllable?
⬇ 36 KB
Count With Me
⬇ 41 KB
Clap and Count Game
⬇ 76 KB
Sing: Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes
⬇ 4.5 MB
Push Further
⬇ 48 KB
Day 6 — Stress: the Strong Beat
Review — Day 5 (Yesterday, Fast!)
⬇ 68 KB
Syllable Stress Teaching
⬇ 1.1 MB
See the Strong Syllable
⬇ 376 KB
Strong Syllable Game
⬇ 117 KB
Build Up Drop Down
⬇ 392 KB
Push Further
⬇ 57 KB
Day 7 — The End of the Word
Review — Day 6 (Yesterday, Fast!)
⬇ 1.2 MB
Listen to the END! (Final Sounds)
⬇ 358 KB
Final Consonants Game
⬇ 68 KB
Plural S or Z
⬇ 115 KB
Push Further
⬇ 47 KB
Day 8 — Tricky Sounds
B/V/W, CH·SH·S·Z, tongue twisters, and funny sounds.
Review — Day 7 (Yesterday, Fast!)
⬇ 54 KB
B V W Minimal Pairs
⬇ 90 KB
CH SH S Z Minimal Pairs
⬇ 2.2 MB
Tongue Twisters
⬇ 2.5 MB
Funny Sounds
⬇ 1.4 MB
Push Further
⬇ 48 KB
Day 9 — The Lazy Schwa
The most common (unstressed) vowel sound — a mini deck, practice, a chant, and a review game.
Review — Day 8 (Yesterday, Fast!)
⬇ 1.5 MB
Schwa Mini Deck
⬇ 68 KB
Schwa Practice
⬇ 83 KB
Schwa Tongue Twisters
⬇ 133 KB
Schwa Review Game
⬇ 142 KB
Push Further
⬇ 56 KB
Day 10 — Real, Fast English
Reductions & linking and intonation — real, fast English.
Review — Day 9 (Yesterday, Fast!)
⬇ 3.3 MB
Reductions and Linking
⬇ 76 KB
Intonation Practice
⬇ 36.1 MB
Day 11 — Putting It All Together
The Big Game Show, the Hat/Hot Tricky Vowels, and the If You're Happy sing-along finale.
Review — Day 10 (Yesterday, Fast!)
⬇ 9.2 MB
The Big Game Show
⬇ 147 KB
Tricky Vowels: Hat or Hot?
⬇ 117 KB
If Youre Happy Finale
⬇ 53 KB
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