B P Minimal Pairs for Auditory Discrimination

by Rike Neville

Price: 550 points or $5.5 USD

Subjects: ela,englishSecondLanguage,eslPronunciation,adultSpeech,phonology

Grades: 10,11,12,15

Description: Can your ESL students HEAR the difference between /b/ and /p/? Give them lots of listening practice with this boom deck! Each card has a /b/ vs. /p/ minimal pair represented by both photos and words. The audio from the gold icon will play automatically. Students can immediately drag and drop it in the box for the correct word/image or click the silver icon to listen to the other word before moving any icons. Students must place both the gold and the silver icons in the box for the matching word/image. Students can listen to the words as many times as they want by clicking on the icons. Green: initial sounds (38 cards) Blue: final sounds (16 cards) Lavender: medial sounds (4 cards) This deck was created with adult students in mind and will not appeal to young learners. Although I took care with my choice of photos, the following minimal pairs might not be appropriate in a very conservative classroom: breast/pressed (a photo of a raw chicken breast is used) crab/crap (a photo of animal poop is used) nibble/nipple (a photo of a baby bottle nipple is used) These cards can easily be left out if not appropriate for your group. This boom deck uses the same photos as the digital presentation part of my B/P Pronunciation for Adult ESL resource in my TpT store.