<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Mary-Lynn-- thank you so very much for pointing this simple but effective device out to the list. This is produced commercially also --sometimes known as a Whisperphone--and is also used extensively in special ed to help dyslexics hear sounds they produce. As you note, PVC pipe ( 2 elbows) works just as well. It works especially well for adults, who, as I pointed out, have a much harder time with new sounds that young persons do. <br>
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Teachers must realize they cannot control or correct what the learner is saying to him or herself-- so modeling before hand with a mirror is very important--and the practice of saying phonemes individually is especially helpful ( If they understand what phonemes are....)<br>
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From: Carver, Mary-Lynn <MLCarver@CLCILLINOIS.EDU><br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; 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!</span></font></div>
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<div><i><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: navy; font-style: italic;">Thanks,</span></font></i><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: navy;"><br>
<i><span style="font-style: italic;">Mary Lynn Carver</span></i><br>
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<a href="mailto:focusonbasics-bounces@nifl.gov">focusonbasics-bounces@nifl.gov</a> [<a href="mailto:focusonbasics-bounces@nifl.gov?">mailto:focusonbasics-bounces@nifl.gov</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Sarah Beaman-Jones<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face="Cambria" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; 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>
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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>
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Sarah Beaman-Jones <br>
Literacy Program Director<br>
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LIFT-Missouri<br>
815 Olive Street, Suite 22<br>
St. Louis, Missouri 63101<br>
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1-800-729-4443 ext. 206<br>
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