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| I look forward to hearing from you soon. Best regards Anita T |
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| Hi Anita Have a read here How to teach phonics to your child and then try here Phonics Worksheets for activities with worksheets. There's a lot more here how to teach phonics - Google Search |
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| You can make it into a very hard sell (as a not-very-good trainee teacher did to me in 1965), or you can make it fun. But either way, it's worth it. I remember saying, when I was at school, 'What possible use is this?' but today I can't imagine learning a language without the IPA. On my CELTA course we did a brilliant game based on Battleships (to learn phonemic script). I've been looking for it to copy ever since - it would take quite a bit of effort to replicate it (though I mean to, when I get 'a round tuit' b Last edited by BobK; 30-Apr-2008 at 18:03. |
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| More phonics sites here: Phonics And Synthetic Phonics - ESL Web Directory - UsingEnglish.com |
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| Thank you very much for your answers. I know they will help me a lot. I will keep on enriching my knowledge from yours. Best regards Anita |
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| English phonetics can be tricky. Unlike a lot of other languages, English has a number of situations where letters & groups of letters can have the same pronunciation made of them. One classic example is: GHOTI. At first glance, it looks like it should be pronounced as: GOATIE, but it could be pronounced: FISH, as per:- GH as in: Rough O as in: Women TI as in: Motion. |
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