Auditory discrimination of minimal pairs

Description:

To be able to auditorily discriminate between pairs of word which differ by one sound, for example "key" vs "tea".

Phonology/Articulation: Speech sounds

Section: Secondary (11-16yrs) info; Post School Education info; Adult info

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Speech sound position:	Syllable Initial Word Initial; Syllable Final Within Word; Syllable Initial Within Word; Syllable Final Word Final
Speech sounds:	-ng; -ts; a; ah; ai; b; bl; br; ch; d; dr; dw; e; ee; ei; f; fl; fr; g; gl; gr; h; j; k; kl; kr; kw; l; m; n; o; oh; oo; our; p; pl; pr; r; s; sh; sk; skr; sl; sm; sn; sp; spl; spr; st; str; sw; t; tr; uh; v; w; y; z; zh
Includes:	Activities
Suitable for:	Individual; Small group
Contributors:	anonymous contributors
Date last changed:	October 22, 2021

Activity/strategy name and materials required	How to do the activity	Key principles for doing the activity and comments
Main instructions Pictures of minimal pair words (e.g. key/tea) - photocopy them on to card (e.g. 6 of each word) so that you can't see through the card.	1. Put one of each picture (e.g. key and tea) on the table, face up. 2. Mix up the rest of the pictures and put them in a pile face down. 3. Take one picture from the pile, don't let the person see it! 4. Say what is on the picture (e.g. key). 5. Make sure you present the pictures in a random order so that the person can't predict what's coming next. 6. The person has to find the appropriate picture on the table.	These are the main instructions for the activities. Use this with the games below.
Lotto game Lotto boards (4 pictures to a board. Use pairs of words from the list above, but do not put both words of a pair on the same board) Corresponding picture cards	Login or register to see the instructions for this activity.

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