So each letter of the alphabet is associated with a specific sound. A few specials ones have two different sounds, but only 7 of them so it isnt too many.
When we see letters together without spaces, string the sounds of the letters together and stop to complete a word when their is a space.
I was taught "whole word" because of my speech impediment. I think it only made things worst for me. My daughter has the same issue so we sent her to a private school for 4 years that taught phonics. You wouldn't know she ever had a language issue unless she told you of her daily struggles with it.
I didn't know I wasn't able to read because I didn't know I needed glasses. I developed are really good memory so I seem smarter than I actually am. Don't know if that was the actual cause, or I just have it in my genes (Mom has a really good memory).
The trend among millennials of replacing the schwa ("uh" sound in words) with "ah", and especially the addition of a phantom "uh" at the end of words drives me nuts. The media seems to be at the core of this. Try watching pretty much any news channel:
"In uh-news today, the ahducahtion uh-system being is uh-thrahtened by uh-white uh-nahtionalists."
So each letter of the alphabet is associated with a specific sound. A few specials ones have two different sounds, but only 7 of them so it isnt too many.
When we see letters together without spaces, string the sounds of the letters together and stop to complete a word when their is a space.
Should have it down in no time!
I was taught "whole word" because of my speech impediment. I think it only made things worst for me. My daughter has the same issue so we sent her to a private school for 4 years that taught phonics. You wouldn't know she ever had a language issue unless she told you of her daily struggles with it.
Whole word reading was designed to get you to accept whole concepts without being able to break them down into their components.
In other words, it's a brainwashing tool.
I didn't know I wasn't able to read because I didn't know I needed glasses. I developed are really good memory so I seem smarter than I actually am. Don't know if that was the actual cause, or I just have it in my genes (Mom has a really good memory).
Made me smile. I remember the moment when I grasped this as a child.
The trend among millennials of replacing the schwa ("uh" sound in words) with "ah", and especially the addition of a phantom "uh" at the end of words drives me nuts. The media seems to be at the core of this. Try watching pretty much any news channel:
"In uh-news today, the ahducahtion uh-system being is uh-thrahtened by uh-white uh-nahtionalists."
Makes me want to puke!
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