ESOL: Have Fun Speaking English with Tongue Twisters
65On a part-time basis, I teach ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) and I share this fun “Speaking and Listening” exercise, which could be for:
- Teachers of ESOL.
- ESOL Learners.
- Parents – (Native English speakers) you could get kids to read it, maybe if you have a long drive. They can check how many times they can say it, without jumbling their words - for fun.
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Tongue Twisters
1. ~ How much dew would a dew drop, if a dew drop did drop dew?
2. ~ Peter poked a poker at the piper, so the piper poked pepper at Peter.
3. ~ Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop.
4. ~ We surely shall see the sun shine soon.
5. ~ The soldier's shoulder surely hurts!
6. ~ Please pay promptly.
7. ~ A box of biscuits, a batch of mixed biscuits.
8. ~ The two-twenty-two train tore through the tunnel.
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Challenging Level
9. ~ She stood on the balcony inexplicably mimicing him hiccupping and amicably welcoming him home.
10. ~ Paul, please pause for proper applause.
11. ~ If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
12. ~ These thousand tricky tongue twisters trip thrillingly off the tongue.
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Hope you didn’t bite your Tongue. ٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶
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E-Lady: I love tongue twisters only my tongue twists easily.
Some English as a first language people would have trouble saying some of these tongue twisters. Love the hub. Tongue Twisters truly tickle my tongue today, tonight and tomorrow.
I never heard about this method. May Be, because I live in the country where English isn't a major language. But I am glad to know this from you. Vote up and useful!
Prasetio
This was fun and i didn't bite my tongue lol How did you make the little face at the end of the tongue line? Cute as a button....
I'm digging this delightfully dignified dole:-))
** Hi Dexter, they do. Learning should be fun. Thanks.
** Lol Dave Matthews - careful not to bite it. Cheers.
** Thanks Leni - Glad you enjoyed it.
** Hi Prasetio - I'm glad you stopped by to check it out. Thanks.
** Hi Ruby, I'm glad you didn't bite your tongue. I have a collection of funny symbols saved on a Word Document. I just copy and paste when I want to use them. Feel free to copy and paste that one. (I don't know how it was made from scratch) Some are on my profile page too. :)
** Salute!! Menalist Acer - glad you stopped by to dig it. Cheers.
Haha, what fun. I used to try to say the Peter Piper one as fast as I can--English is my second language. Thanks for sharing.
Brilliant ,what a gem,we can never have too much fun can we?
Here's to many more hubs to share and I have to vote up up and away here.
Take care and have a great day.
Eiddwen.
** Nice one Anglnwu - that's so brilliant. I would never had known that, from your Hubs. Thanks for stopping.
** Hello Eiddwen - glad you enjoyed it. Have a fab weekend.
Funny twisters.
I bet Eminem does it better than Lady Elena :-p.
I love #10 and #11 by the way and I also didn't bite my tongue because I read it in my mind and my mind doesn't have a tongue.
Regards,
Royalmark.
Hello Lady_E,
excellent tongue twisters, here's one i heard a while ago...
" How much glass can a glass man smash if a glass man can smash glass"
I like that you post fun articles as they always bring a smile to my face, thank you for cheering me up.
Hello, Lady_E,
Well, this article gave my tongue a real good workout.
And thank you very much for writing and publishing this post, because it really did make me smile which is something I need to do more often.
** Lol RoyalMark - It's a Tongue Twister not a Mind Twister. Oh you are so smart. Thanks for trying it out.
** Hello Paul - Thanks for sharing that Tongue Twister. I didn't bite my Tongue, but my teeth nearly fell out. with all the "Sh"s. Hope your week is full of smiles.
** Hi Feenix - Thanks for giving it a try. I am glad it made you smile. Best Wishes.
Dexter Yarbrough Level 7 Commenter 7 months ago
Hi Lady E! I bet your students have a great time learning with this fun method!