English Spelling Alphabet & Common Titles

Pronounce and recite the English letter-name alphabet.

Use the radio/telephone alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie...) to spell words clearly aloud.

Ask for and give a spelled-out first, last, or full name in a guided dialogue.

Select the appropriate personal title (Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms.) based on context.

Model the guided-practice dialogues aloud with a student before pairing students to practice with each other.

Introduce the radio alphabet only after the standard letter-name alphabet is secure, since the lesson builds from one to the other.

Use the printed IPA pronunciations for the common names section as a pronunciation-checking reference rather than expecting students to read IPA independently unless they have prior exposure to it.

Adapt the closing dialogue examples (Merkel, Gross, Schmäh, Schmitt) to names more familiar to your own students' backgrounds if needed.

Alphabet pronunciation — students recite and pronounce the letters of the English alphabet correctly.

Radio alphabet spelling — students use words like Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie to spell out words unambiguously aloud.

Oral name-spelling dialogue — students ask and answer "How do you spell that?" while spelling their own or a partner's name.

Title usage — students select Mr., Mrs., Miss, or Ms. appropriately when addressing someone by their last name.