mcgurk effect
Lesson plan outline
- Write the following on the board: Ba-ba
- Drill the three sounds and make sure your students can distinguish between them.
- Tell students that in phonetics, the three sounds are represented with the following symbols shown on the right. Ask students to consider how the sounds are produced and ask them to consider what they have in common and how they differ.
- Copy the gapped text below onto the board. Ask students to copy it into their notebooks and fill in the missing words – they are all parts of the body. Allow students to work together for this if they desire. /b/, /d/ and /g/ are examples of plosives. That means that they are produced by stopping airflow in the (i) ________________, building up pressure and then releasing.
- Go over the answers: i. Mouth
- Tell students that you are going to play a short video clip in which a man produces a sound. Label all students as either A or B.
- Tell A students that you want them to close their eyes and listen only.
- Tell B students that you want them to watch and listen to the clip.
Tell students that their task is to write down the spoken sound that they hear in the clip. Make it clear that they should ignore all background noise. - Play the clip and then let students compare what they heard.
- Let students change roles: those who listened with their eyes closed should now listen and watch at the same time. Those who listened and watched should close their eyes.
- Again, allow students to compare what they heard.
- Put students into pairs or small groups and ask them to consider how the discrepancy can be explained. If anyone thinks they have the answer, invite them to share it with the rest of the class.
- Ask students if they know what an optical illusion is. Ask for some examples. Tell them that this is an example of an auditory illusion called the McGurk effect.
- Ask students if they can tell you what the McGurk effect demonstrates (the answer will be in the text in the worksheet).
- Give out the McGurk Effect worksheet (included in the PDF download) and ask students to complete it (answer also included in PDF).
Da-da
Ga-ga
/b/ is produced when the (ii) ________________ meet and stop airflow.
/d/ is produced when the tip of the (iii) ________________ meets the part of the mouth just behind the upper (iv) ________________ (the alveolar).
/g/ is produced when the back of the (v) ________________ meets the soft part at the back of the (vi) ________________ (the soft palate).
All three sounds are voiced. That means that the vocal chords vibrate while the shapes are made in the (vii) ________________.
ii. Lips
iii. Tongue
iv. Teeth
v. Tongue
vi. Throat
vii. Mouth
* Students who listen only will usually hear ba-ba.
* Students who listen and watch will usually hear da-da.
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