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Post by jessen100 on Jan 21, 2009 10:54:46 GMT 8
So I did a worksheet with short vowels sounds and comprehension of the a-e-i-o-u, sounds in 6th grade yesterday. originally I didnt think it would be particularly diffucult for them to hear which sound is which letter, but it turns out, it was really hard. (note im from USA in michigan so thats what my english sounds like, if that means anything to you). I used a list of words that I made, which they just had to fill in the middle vowel sound. 3 students out of 60, got 23 of 25, then next highest was 16. average was about 10-12ish, Note this was all jammed into about 20-30 min so really I think most of them did pretty good.
As it turns out, they seem to find the short u sound uh, to be the hardest to hear, as in "sub, mud, pun, etc", the next most common mistake is writing short o sounds with an "a", sounds like "top, cob, etc.". though some of them seem to begin to get it. I havent totally reviewed their answers yet, but that seems to be the most common occurence. Im going to test it out on some younger kids, at a slower rate once I have the class, and move a little slower. Im thinking of introducing them two at a time to the younger kids, maybe along with some consonant rules, but idk.
Comments? Questions? Suggestions?
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Post by Otaku on Jan 21, 2009 11:00:56 GMT 8
For the O sound, if the short vowel is pronounced correctly, you should be able to stick the three middle fingers on your hand into your mouth horizontally. I call it "The 3-finger sound". The U is a bit tougher. I teach this by holding my jaw and when I say the 'uh' sound, I tilt the rest of my head back while holding my jaw still. Check out this worksheet: jhsenglipediaproject.com/JHS_NonTextbook_Phonics_Lesson9_UsotsukiMother.aspx
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Post by Otaku on Jan 21, 2009 12:01:55 GMT 8
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Post by jessen100 on Jan 21, 2009 13:22:17 GMT 8
getting them to pronounce O isnt really a problem, since ita prettymuch the same as the japanese sound "a, ka, ta, etc." I just dont think i could say it enough times to my jhs studens that "top" is not "tope", and "pop" is not "pope", so i need to jam it into their heads as soon as I can.
also, neither of those links load for me.
and for U, i think its probably important that they recognize that the sound exists and is different before having them try to make it. I suspect this will work better on youger kids.
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Post by Otaku on Jan 21, 2009 13:35:21 GMT 8
Are you kidding me about those links? If they aren't loading, I would suspect the Englipedia website isn't working also? Can you get to this page? jhsenglipediaproject.com/Test02.aspx
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Post by jessen100 on Jan 21, 2009 14:53:37 GMT 8
usotsuki mother worked this time, but the list still didnt, something about its download being canceled comes up, its all in japanese and i didnt read it. i havent tried to use most of the website but when i do, it works poorly, many things dont want to load.
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