Teaching my son to read this year has made me realize how confusing the English Language is...
Have you ever really thought about the English Language? Correct me, English teachers, if I am wrong, but I counted five words in that sentence don't sound out phonically like they should.
Have you ever really thought about the English Language? Correct me, English teachers, if I am wrong, but I counted five words in that sentence don't sound out phonically like they should.
Take the word 'have'.
It has a vowel, consonant and then an 'e' on the end. If it would follow the rules, it would read h (long a) ve.
What about the word know, why do we have such a thing as a silent k?
Why can a c make a c sound as in cat and a c sound as in cent?
And how do YOU pronounce the word flag?
Do you say it with a long a or a short a?
On such things...
It has a vowel, consonant and then an 'e' on the end. If it would follow the rules, it would read h (long a) ve.
What about the word know, why do we have such a thing as a silent k?
Why can a c make a c sound as in cat and a c sound as in cent?
And how do YOU pronounce the word flag?
Do you say it with a long a or a short a?
On such things...
2 comments:
I know exactly what you mean Annika! I was really struggling and getting frustrated with this as I am teaching Alannah. But I found a phonics program that explains some of those things and actually teaches kids that "a" has four sounds, "o" has 4 sounds and that "c" says c as in cent, when followed by e, i or y....there's a little song to go with that so that kids can remember that rule.
Anyway, this program is called ABC the Key and I highly recommend it as it has helped with some of those frustrating aspects of the English language.
SHORT a! :)
Megan
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