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Sound Snap: a fun way to teach precise pronunciation

Posted on 18th May 20171st June 2024 in Learning to Read, Synthetic Phonics and tagged article, beginner readers, phonic pronunciation, precise pronunciation, pronounce alphabet letters, pronounce phonic sounds, pure phonic sounds, sounds of english, synthetic phonic soundsLeave a Comment

I have just started to teach a struggling reader in Year 1. The first thing I observed from my assessment was that she did not use pure phonic sounds, also known as ‘precise pronunciation’. Many of the consonants were pronounced with an added ‘uh’ sound: for example, /k/ was pronounced ‘kuh’ and /p/ was pronounced […]

How to say the sounds of letters in Synthetic Phonics

Posted on 13th March 201131st May 2024 in Reading Resources, Synthetic Phonics and tagged 44 phonemes, 44 sounds in english, 44 sounds in the English Language, a b c phonic sounds, article, how to pronounce phonic sounds, how to say phonics sounds, how to say sounds in synthetic phonics, how to say synthetic phonic sounds, how to say synthetic phonics sounds, how to say the a b c sounds, how to say the sounds of the alphabet, letter sounds in synthetic phonics, phonemes in synthetic ponics, precise letter sounds, precise pronunciation, precise pronunciation of letters, pure sounds, pure sounds phonics, sounds of the alphabetic code, sounds of the english phonic code, teacher training, video, what is a phoneme?3 Comments

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 […]