Pronunciation raps - for my students

This one is about all my wonderful students at the Institute of Languages at UNSW in Sydney

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxYwAo_OVGpeeDkzUnprQXBVZEU/view?usp=sharing

We’ve come to Sydney to improve our English

We’re from the world over but have one wish

And that’s to have fun while we learn in the sun

Academic English , general or FEEC,

English for law  or try and reach your peak

With an IELTS score of 7 or more

Grammar and reading speaking and listening

And media studies but who reads the paper

Now teaching how to write on fb might

Help us to improve and then we’d be right

To speak to our mates and go out on dates

Cause how ta fix a boiler or what he had for supper

Is not what Aussies say and the third conditional

past perfect continuous  is far too medicinal

And show me an aussie who says If I were rich

But don’t correct the grammar of your  new aussie friends

Cause if I were rich I’d be able to stay

 in SydneyForever but I know it depends

On my final test score

And Had I been listening I would have learnt more

Pronunciation raps

Discovered a new resource that is a poetry and rhyme based approach to pronunciation and used one of the exercises at my student's graduation ceremony. It was a HUGE success.

The work we were doing was how to listen  to and understand fast, spoken Australian and linked expressions such as:
What are you doing - whatcha doin
Did you want to go out to dinner - didja wanna go ta dinner or even dja wanna
Where do you want to go - Where dja wanna go.

Listen and enjoy and beat out the rhythm
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxYwAo_OVGpedWI3NHQxb2VOaE0/view?usp=sharing

Chinatown

 Where dja wanna go       Whatcha wanna do

I’m not sure now       I’ll leave it ta you

Dja wanna go ta town       ta see a show

I don’t know now     but I’ll let you know

Can’t ya tell me right away

I’m not sure yet      do I have to say

Where dja wanna meet     won’t ya tell me where

Let’s just meet in Leicester square

Did ya tell the others       where we’re going ta meet

I said in the centre      didn’t say which street

Dja wanna have a meal or      dja like ta sit down

YA fancy a meal in Chinatown

Whacha recommend and      where dja like ta dine

Here’s very good       the fish is fine

How’s the fish cooked      with lots a spice

Just a bit a ginger     it’s really nice

Whatcha like ta drink      whenya eat chinese

Just a pot a tea       it’s sure ta please

How dja like the meat       dja like the fish

It was really great       what’s the name a the dish

I don’t know the name      it wasn’t written down

It’s often the way in Chinatown

Watch this space for more of these!!!!