Most schools in the UK are now following a synthetic phonics programme. All such programmes teach children to pronounce letters in a slightly new and different way. This is called ‘precise pronunciation’ or ‘pure sounds’.
Some staff members and parents may find they are not sure about this new pronunciation, as they were not taught this way when they learned to read.
It’s very important for children that we all learn this new way, as it will help them with their reading.
That’s why we thought it might be helpful to make this video demonstrating this new pronunciation of letters. This resource may be particularly useful if your school is training staff and parents, as they can practise the sounds again.
Surely her pronunciation of j, q, w, y all included the schwa sound. I wouldn’t say that they were true sounds.
Hi Roger,
Thank you for your comment about the precise pronunciation of the letters j, q, w, y on our video clip. I think the letters w and y could possibly be pronounced more ‘purely’ but I believe this is very difficult to do with the letters j and q. These are important points to raise, so thank you for that.
Kind regards,
Tami
Hi Tami,
Thank you for this very useful video. I used it this morning in a training session for LSAs at my school. Most of them said how useful it was in that they have until now been mispronouncing the consonant sounds.
Thanks again,
Ken Holmes