D12_S3. Group 1. Read the texts. What's the best title for each? 1) What we should drill, 2) When we should drill, 3) How we should drill. Provide further examples when possible. by Lydia Olvera https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc Input Session - Phonology 2, Drilling en-us 2021-08-10 19:27:14 UTC 2025-10-30 15:43:42 UTC hello@padlet.com When learners are getting used to the sounds of English it is easier for them not to see the language written down before they practise saying it, so get them to listen to your model and then repeat. Make sure you give clear, natural sounding and consistent models. Use hand movements to indicate intonation, use your fist to beat the stress, and join or separate fingers to show word boundaries and where linking occurs in phrases. You can vary the drill in terms of who repeats - whole class, half the class, boys only, girls only, individuals. Make sure drilling is done at a snappy pace. olvera_lyd https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674514740 2021-08-10 19:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674514740 At all levels we should drill vocabulary or chunks of language that cause pronunciation problems. At low levels students are still getting used to the sounds of English and need plenty of opportunity to get their tongues around them so it is likely that drilling will be used more. Sounds that either do not exist in their L1 or occur differently. Consonant clusters and weak forms may also cause difficulty - for example in words like vegetable, comfortable. Intonation patterns that are crucial to meaning may also be usefully practised through drilling, for example tag questions (which ask for confirmation or which are genuine questions). olvera_lyd https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674515616 2021-08-10 19:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674515616 For drills to be meaningful, learners need to understand what they are being asked to say. Monotonous chanting of decontextualised language is not useful to anyone. This means that work on the meaning of the language must come before drilling. Drilling may follow a language focus stage particularly if you are dealing with spoken language, for example, you may do it after freer practice as a correction strategy. olvera_lyd https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674515970 2021-08-10 19:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674515970 How we should drill https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674669665 2021-08-10 22:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674669665 How we should drill itzeloh02 https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670007 2021-08-10 22:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670007 When we should drill https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670571 2021-08-10 23:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670571 when we should drill https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670663 2021-08-10 23:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670663 When we should drill itzeloh02 https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670711 2021-08-10 23:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670711 What we should drill itzeloh02 https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670870 2021-08-10 23:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670870 When we should drill https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670895 2021-08-10 23:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674670895 What we should drill? https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674671046 2021-08-10 23:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674671046 What we should drill https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674671078 2021-08-10 23:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674671078 How we should drill https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674671209 2021-08-10 23:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/olvera_lyd/9gtb3vz4p2ym69yc/wish/1674671209