Articles tagged with: sounds of english

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 […]

Our phonic sounds video clip has passed 300,000 views!

Posted on 6th May 201416th September 2016 in Synthetic Phonics and tagged 44 sounds of english, phonic sounds, sounds of englishLeave a Comment

This video clip is now recommended by the British Dyslexia Association. Is has been viewed more than 300,00o times! If you would like hear the sounds of the English Phonic Code (also known as the Alphabetic Code) click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJx1NSineE