Tongue

Twisters

Improve pronunciation of TH – TH (voiced) – L and R

Three tree toads tied together tried to trot to town.

The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver.

Liver – River

The third thriving thirsty thistle festival will be on the thirtieth of this month.

Notice the difference between th and th

Practice short vowel sounds e – u- i

Comparatives and the order of adjectives.

Betty bought a bit of butter, but the bit of butter Betty bought was bitter, so Betty bought a bit of better butter to make her bit of bitter butter better.

Practice SH and S

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore, but the sea shells Sally sells aren’t really sea shells at all.

Practice W and R

Which wrist watches are Swiss wrist watches?

Tips for incorporating these into your classroom.

The Pygmalion Effect

Most teachers know a little bit about the Pygmalion effect, or the idea that one's expectations about a person can eventually lead that person to behave and achieve in ways that confirm those expectations (Brehm & Kassin, 1996). Everyone who has seen George Bernard Shaw's play PYGMALION or viewed the movie MY FAIR LADY remembers Eliza Doolittle's remarkable transformation, due to Professor Higgins' beliefs (i.e., expectations of her). Although first widely presented to educators in Rosenthal and Jacobson's PYGMALION IN THE CLASSROOM (1968), few educators understand exactly how to use the Pygmalion effect or self-fulfilling prophecy (SFP) as a purposeful pedagogical tool to convey positive expectations and, maybe even more importantly, to avoid conveying negative expectations.