How to give sound any alphabet while in different words while pronounciatio

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In words "Cap" and "Jar" a's Phonetic sound is different. This is only one example. There are many such words. My question is how to teach a child of 4 or 5 year to pronounce and write these words correctly?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Hello Harsh, and welcome to English Forums.

Googling 'Phonics' will bring you to many wegsites that offer materials for teaching small children. There are many texts, flashcards and games sold, and there are also websites like [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/index.shtml"]BBC[/url] that offer on-line information and practice.

CalifJim · Answer

I'm not sure how detailed an explanation you might want to give to such a young child. Perhaps the best way is through example, that is, by grouping according to rhyming patterns. Don't teach exceptions until the basics are mastered. "cap", "sap", "rap", "tap", "nap" ... are one group. "cat", "bat", "fat", "pat", ... are another group. Then there are the groups with consonant combinations like "sh": "cash", "sash", "trash", "flash", ... I am assuming you are concentrating on the "lax a"; otherwise, there are, of course, the patterns with "-ade", "-ate", and so on, which need to be done separately. You will find that, for the simplest vocabulary that a young child might need, the only exceptions for the pronunciation of the "a" will be mostly 1) when preceded by "w" or "qu" ("swamp", "squash", "wasp"), 2) when followed by "r" ("start", "card"), and 3) when followed by "ll","lk", "lm" ("fall", "talk", "calm"). But here again, teaching the "rule" is much less effective than simply learning the group "start", "cart", "part", "tart", ..., the group "fall", "call", "stall", "mall", "ball", ... Other words can be learned as exceptions quite late in the lessons.

That said, your best bet is to use a video phonics program especially designed for small children rather than to try to design a curriculum of your own. There are others who have already done the work for you. You may as well take advantage of that!

CJ

Shania · Answer

Hi Harsh

I agree to what CJ has mentioned and I belive things could get better if you can show the child a video that has loads of pictures and then when you enter you hear the correct pronunciation and this is how he will learn . Harsh , I believe that you are an Indian , so just remenber the days when your parents taught you different words in Hindia with various A sounds and you learnt ...didn't you. Maybe this is just a fear that the kiddo will not be able to grasp , I am sure he will be able to .

Regards

Shania

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