Lesson Plan: Using Obama's Speeches to Teach Word Stress to ESL/EFL Students

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In this lesson plan, ESL/EFL students will learn word stress by reading one or two paragraphs of Obama's speeches then they will listen to what they have read. Students are expected to notice the stressed words and they will try practice and the teacher will support and encourage them if they do it correctly.

They will be given one or two paragraphs and they should underline the words that they think it should be stressed within ten minutes. Each student should read his part to his/her classmates with stressing the words that they think it should be stressed. After that, teacher will play mp3 or video of Obama's speeches and students are encouraged to note if they think the stress should be different than what Obama did. Teacher may explain how to stress words and what word should be stressed then teacher gives them a homework to practice stressing.This lesson plan could be for lower and advance level of learners.