The little known 'Baby English Alphabet'
I have been teaching foreign students for 7 years now. I find that they all know the ABC alphabet. However, none of them ever seem to have been taught the 'baby alphabet' which is the first alphabet we all learn as kids in English schools. This tends to affect their ability to pronounce the vowels. So, they will be able to say A, E, I, O, U very easily, but will be unable to say a, e, i, o, u. When it comes to reading this is especially important. I have made a Youtube video to demonstrate this and can explain about how to use this when reading English.
The letter 'e' on the end of a word is the key to this as it will change the vowel sound in a word.Top answer
So, they will be able to say A, E, I, O, U very easily, but will be unable to say a, e, i, o, u. In my experience, the capitalization of a letter has no effect whatsoever on its pronunciation. " Perhaps you mean that they have not studied phonics , especially the short vowel sounds, and the correlation between spelling and their pronunciation.
- So, they will be able to say A, E, I, O, U very easily, but will be unable to say a, e, i, o, u.
- In my experience, the capitalization of a letter has no effect whatsoever on its pronunciation.
- " Perhaps you mean that they have not studied phonics , especially the short vowel sounds, and the correlation between spelling and their pronunciation.
- Teaching phonics can be very helpful for foreigners to learn spelling and pronunciation.
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So, they will be able to say A, E, I, O, U very easily, but will be unable to say a, e, i, o, u.
In my experience, the capitalization of a letter has no effect whatsoever on its pronunciation. I have never heard the term "baby alphabet."
Perhaps you mean that they have not studied phonics, especially the short vowel sounds, and the correlation between spelling an
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