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The vowel sounds provide the main volume and depth in spoken words whereas the consonant sounds are generally much quieter and sometimes very high-pitched such as /s/ and /t/. Teachers need to teach the separate units of sounds carefully, avoiding the added ‘schwa’ or “uh” sound: e.g. “sss” not “suh”; “t” not “tuh”.
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Debbie’s programme introduces a simple code of at least one letter/s-sound correspondence for each of the 44+ sounds of speech of the English language. The programme then expands to teach further spelling and pronunciation variations of the complex Alphabetic Code.
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The 44 English phonemes are represented by the 26 letters of the alphabet individually and in combination. Phonics instruction involves teaching the relationship between sounds and the letters used to represent them. There are hundreds of spelling alternatives that can be used to represent the 44 English phonemes. Only the
Some of the word examples in the Pronunciation Guide below are words used commonly but they have very unusual spellings, for example: ‘any’, ‘said’, ‘pretty’, ‘women’ and ‘choir’. The guide below cannot be definitive about how to pronounce each word because. pronunciations vary according to regional or national accents in ...
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The English Alphabetic Code. Slash marks /ai/ mainly denote single sound units (phonemes). Letters and letter combinations (graphemes) appear in single apostrophes ‘ay’. References to short vowel sounds relate to the sounds as in ‘at, enter, in, on, up’ denoted as: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/ and said in a ‘staccato’ manner - as opposed ...
Only the most common sound / letter relationships need to be taught explicitly. The 44 English sounds can be divided into two major categories – consonants and vowels. A consonant. sound is one in which the air flow is cut off, either partially or completely, when the sound is produced. In contrast, a vowel sound is one in which the air flow ...
Definition of Phonemes. "Phon-emes" are the smallest units of speech sound that can convey a unique meaning, they consist of consonants, long and short vowels, digraphs and other sounds. Each language has its own unique set. In English there are 44 sounds. Spanish has just 24, French 34, German 46, and Italian 49.
