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Schwa Happens


  • October 23, 2012 November 23, 2019 By admin
  • Consonants & Vowels 9 Comments
In the English language there is an interesting sound that can come from any of the vowels – a, e, i, o, u, and y. The sound is called a schwa. A schwa is represented in print with an upside-down e, like this: ?. The sound a schwa makes sounds like a short u (“?” or “uh”). Schwas...

English Words with “V” at the End


  • August 28, 2012 November 23, 2019 By admin
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English words do not end in V. There will always be an E after the V. If you can hear the “v” sound at the end of an English word, it’s a safe bet to put the letter E after it. The saying I was taught is: “No English words end in V, it will...

How a Dialect Can Mix Things Up


  • August 28, 2012 November 23, 2019 By admin
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When teaching short vowels… if you are from the south, you may not want to teach “i” and “e” together. Southerners tend to say things like, “Go git (get) your brother.” If you are from the north, you may not want to teach “a” and “o” together. Northerners tend to say things like, “Get a...

The Letter Q(u)


  • August 16, 2012 November 23, 2019 By admin
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You will never see, in the English language, the letter q without a u following it. The exception here is in proper names, like Q-tip, but that is the only exception. The rest of the time, qu is always together. For this reason, in Orton Gillingham, Qu is a consonant together and the sound it...
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