The aspects of connected speech: Assimilation.

Lesson plan 26
Course title: Practical Phonetics

Topic: The aspects of connected speech: Assimilation. (Types of Assimilation).

Level: Pre intermediate/ Intermediate

Materials: “Pronunciation in use” M.T. Iriskulov, A.S. Shatunova, A.A. Muzykina. English Phonetics. Tashkent, 2006;

Obtaining information about sound formation:

Time: 80 min

Activity	Objective	Procedure	Time	Mode of interaction	Materials
Warm up activity	Introduce the focus of the lesson	Teacher asks students to repeat the following tongue twister	15 minutes	Small group	Whiteboard, markers
Pre – activity	Introduction to the topic of the lesson	Read the nursery rhymes observing the use of assimilation in them.	15 minutes	Whole group	Handout 1
While activity	Derivation of the rules	To revise the types and degrees of assimilation	20 minutes	Individual work	Handout 2
Post activity	Consolidation of the given material	To differentiate between assimilating and assimilated sounds .	20 minutes	Pair work	Handout 3
Conclusion	The revision of the theme	Home task: to know the main characteristics of assimilation	10 minutes	Whole group

Assimilation.

Two adjacent consonants within a word or at word boundaries often influence each other in such a way that the articulation of one sound becomes similar to or even identical with the articulation of the other one. This phenomenon is called assimilation.In assimilation the consonant whose articulation is modified under the influence of a neighbouring consonant is called the assimilated sound; the consonant which influences the articulation of a neighbouring consonant is called the assimilating sound.While by assimilation we mean a modification in the articulation of a consonant under the influence of a neighbouring consonant, the modification in the articulation of a vowel under the influence of an adjacent consonant, or, vice versa, the modification in the articulation of a consonant under the influence of an adjacent vowel is called adaptation, or accommodation.