Comments | revulo: linguistics vs. SRA

revulo

linguistics vs. SRA

Oct 24, 2009 15:43

(Relevant clip starts at 0:52.)This is one of the things that drives me crazy with SRA (a reading intervention program I have to use at school. I've described it as "Hooked on Phonics, only more annoying". And more boring). We have to explain the sounds to the kids and I can NEVER hear the difference between "W" and "WH". In fact, the way we ( Read more... )

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Now you know what to do: mothwentbad October 24 2009, 21:37:15 UTC

YOU'RE EATING HAIR!!!

Re: Now you know what to do: revulo October 24 2009, 22:42:23 UTC

Pffft!!

dietotaku October 25 2009, 01:12:30 UTC

We have to explain the sounds to the kids
what... the fuck? why and how do you explain SOUNDS? just make the damn sound. nobody had to explain the japanese "r" to me, i just imitated it.

(although, for the record, it seems like "wh" is a slightly more relaxed sound than "w"... my lips feel more pursed when i'm saying "w" instead of "wh")

revulo October 25 2009, 02:32:02 UTC

I never said that it was great. They KNEW the sounds, but if they make any mistake, I have to correct them. It's bullshit.

earls_guys October 25 2009, 05:26:00 UTC

For me, "wh" and "w" are the same. But I remember when I lived in Texas, the natives pronounced "wh" as "hw"

white window = "HWaht weandow" ;)

revulo October 25 2009, 15:44:43 UTC

The person that commented above is from Texas, so I guess there is a difference. You're in Virginia, right? Because "w" and "wh" are the same for me, too.