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READING
reading is the process that involves
decoding symbols to arrive at meaning
HELPFUL TOOLS TO IMPROVE
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
PHONEMIC PHONICS
phonemic awareness involves phonics is the relationship
sounds in spoken words. between sound and spelling
...BUT WHY?
Written language began with pictures
that represented ideas.
Then they became symbols that
represented sounds.
Oratory became very popular
in Greek culture.
In order to iron out some of the English
Phonics should irregularities and standardize spelling,
not be taught they prioritized the phonic teaching.
at all
(19th century)
In 1800´s many academics, including
Horace Mann, proposed the “whole-world
method”. It became dominant.
In 2000, the National Reading Panel
released a report that supported that
Horace Mann phonic teaching was the best way to
Father of American learn to read.
public schools
PHONICS decode or sound out
the word
word recogniton
comprehension fluency
The 44 Sounds in the English Language
5 Short -Vowel Sounds 18 Consonant Sounds 7 Digraphs
short /ă/ in apple /b/ in bat /ch/ in chin
short /ĕ/ in elephant /k/ in cat and kite /sh/ in ship
short /ĭ/ in igloo /d/ in dog unvoiced /th/ in thin
short /ŏ/ in octopus /f/ in fan voiced /th/ in this
short /ǔ/ in umbrella /g/ in goat /hw/ in whip *
/h/ in hat /ng/ in sing
/j/ in jam /nk/ in sink
/l/ in lip
/m/ in map * (wh is pronounced /w/ in
/n/ in nest some areas)
/p/ in pig
/r/ in rat
/s/ in sun
/t/ in top
/v/ in van
/w/ in wig
/y/ in yell
/z/ in zip
6 Long-Vowel Sounds 3 r-Controlled Vowel Diphthongs and Other
Sounds Special Sounds
long /ā/ in cake /ur/ in fern, bird, and hurt /oi/ in oil and boy
long /ē/ in feet /ar/ in park /ow/ in owl and ouch
long /ī/ in pie /or/ in fork short /ŏŏ/ in cook and pull
long /ō/ in boat /aw/ in jaw and haul
long /ū/ (yoo) in mule /zh/ in television
long /ōō/ in flew
The utility of 45 phonic generalizations
1. When there are two vowels side by side, the long sound of the first one is heard
and the second is usually silent.
2. When a vowel is in the middle of a one-syllabe word, th vowel is short.
middle letter
one of themiddle two letter in a word of four letters
one of the middle two lettersin a word of four letters one vowel within a word of
more than four letters
3. If the only vowel letter is at the end of a word, the letter usually stands for a
long sound.
4. When there are two vowels, one of which is final e, the first vowel is long and
the e is silent.
5. The r gives the preceding vowel a sound that is neither long nor short.
6. The first vowel is usually long and the second is silent in diagraphs ai, ea, oa,
and ui.
7. In the phonogram ie, the i is silent and the e has a long sound.
8. Word having double e usually have the long e sound.
9. When words end with silent e, the a oe i is long.
10. In ay the y silent and gives a its long sound.
11. When the letter i is followed by the letters gh, the i usually stands for its long
sound and the gh is silent.
12. When a follows w in a word, it usually has the sound a as in was.
13. When e is followed by w, the vowel sound is the same as represented by oo.
14. The two letters ow make the long o sound.
15 W is sometimes a vowel and follows the vowel diagraph.
16. When y is the final letter in a word, it usually has a vowel sound.
17. When y is used as a vowel in words, it sometimes has the sound of long i.
18. The letter a has the same sound (ô) when followed by l, w, and u.
19. When a is followed by r and final e, we expect to hear the sound heard in care.
20. When c and he are next to each other, they make only one sound.
21. Ch is usually pronounced as it is in kitchen, catch, and chair, not like sh.
22. When c is followed by e or i, the sound of s is likely to be heard.
TEMARIO
What is reading, phoneme and phonic and why study them?
The 44 sounds in the english Language.
The 45 utility phonic generalizations.
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