There are two issues: (1) heuristics used in phonics (2) phonetics g: /g/, /dʒ/ c: /k/, /s/ /k/ is voiceless, whereas its counterpart /g/ is voiced. /s/ is voicelss; /dʒ/ is voiced. Velar consonants get softened (or voiced) before front vowels

The correct pronunication of your friend's last name is how HE pronounces it. The same is true for any name. For what it's worth, however, I have always pronounced McElroy as "Mackle-roy", just as your friend does. Even

American-English was British-English, except that it was altered significantly by all of the various influences (immigrants/languages from other countries) that learned to speak it in America. Everyone in the UK knows how to communicate in English

Just a question about phonics. Pretty green when it comes to teaching it. For eg cat you would sound out the individual sounds "c" "a" "t" chair "ch" "a" "i" "r". How would you

The 'Direct method' is actually much older... a century-old method. It was established in the early 20th century. But this doesn't mean it wouldn't work for me. This is what Wikipedia says about it: "The Direct Method ,

In phonics, people are brought to the attention that a set of words have the same vowel quality. In KK, this vowel quality is transcribed using IPA. If I am teaching kids, I dont want to burden them with IPA. Phonics consists of set of heuristics

KK is based on the A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English, which was written by John S. Kenyon & Thomas A. Knotts. So, KK stands for the last names of both of the people who wrote this dictionary. As for IPA and KK, there are only a few

I'm working on the i-to-i specialist modules and am a little crunched for time (i'm a worthless procrastinator). Since they only enable you to see one module at a time, I was wondering if anyone could post the assignments (specifically the

How does a word change in its pronunciation? This just doesn't seem correct. I hear this word mispronounced so much now I can't believe it. How are teachers in schools today teaching this? Where are they getting their information? All my

Hi, I am doing the TEFL I TO I course online and I am stuck on Module 3 exersise 4 could you help me?