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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>Sarah (&
Robin)–<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>Also
anecdotally, one of our volunteer literacy tutors used to buy PVC piping (2”)
joints and make a U shaped “phone” that her students would say the
sounds into and hear them that way. She had them stretch out the phonemes in a
syllable and try to hear the sounds in isolation. For many of her students, it
was the first time they had heard the sounds individually and it really helped.
Very inexpensive, but effective!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><i><font size=3 color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Mary Lynn Carver</span></i><br>
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<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Building 4, Office 405</span></i><br>
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<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Phone:847/543-2677</span></i><br>
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"\@Arial Unicode MS";color:teal;font-style:
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peace.." Unknown</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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focusonbasics-bounces@nifl.gov [mailto:focusonbasics-bounces@nifl.gov] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Sarah Beaman-Jones<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 20, 2008
2:25 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> The Focus on Basics Discussion
List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [FocusOnBasics 1090] Re:
(no subject)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Cambria><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Cambria'>Robin,<br>
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Several years ago when Parents As Teachers focused on brain development, they
talked about windows of opportunity for learning. They stressed that
although the window is closed, it is possible to “shout through the
window”. During the training I received, it was stressed that there
is always a possibility for learning.<br>
<br>
Regarding the phonemic awareness issue, I read, but can not cite, an
interesting experiment. The focus of the experiment was to train Japanese
adults to hear the difference between the r and l sounds. The process was
to use a speaking computer and have the sounds drawn out very, very slowly.
The concept was that teachers do not speak slowly enough or consistently
enough to have an impact. [I have noticed, for example, that some adults
who have been to speech therapy will say ‘arah’ for r. We all
tend to add a sound to consonants.] The result of this experiment was the
the subjects were able to hear the difference in the two sounds and, having
heard it, they were able to correct their pronunciation.<br>
<br>
<br>
Sarah Beaman-Jones <br>
Literacy Program Director<br>
<br>
LIFT-Missouri<br>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">St. Louis</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Missouri</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">63101</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
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1-800-729-4443 ext. 206<br>
www.lift-missouri.org<br>
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