Phonetics/English teacher needed

[Guest guest]

I passed Kieran a pair of socks yesterday. " That says Cool Dud " he

said. I gave him the correct pronunciation of " Cool Dude " . " Oh yes,

" he said " its a split diagraph " ????$£?!

I can't find this anywhere in my dictionary. What is it called when

the vowel is separated from the e by another letter but the e still

makes the vowel sound change. I think Kieran might have misheard the

term because he finds it difficult to follow verbal teaching but I

realised I don't know what its called either !!

Lesley

ANT, tr BFC, Mother, Wife, Friend, Mender of Broken Hearts,

Keeper of Secrets, Chauffeur, Cook, Maid, Writer. Overweight, Over

thirty, Over here in Worthing..

" Believing Oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional

mind! " Star Trek.

[Guest guest]

Digraph, I think - meaning two letters. He's picked up the rule that u as

in bun, ue as in blue etc, so the digraph is ue, and the followed it with

(eg) dud, dude, where the digraph is split. QED!

Anneliese who used to be a speech scientist.

Phonetics/English teacher needed

I passed Kieran a pair of socks yesterday. " That says Cool Dud " he

said. I gave him the correct pronunciation of " Cool Dude " . " Oh yes,

" he said " its a split diagraph " ????$£?!

I can't find this anywhere in my dictionary. What is it called when

the vowel is separated from the e by another letter but the e still

makes the vowel sound change. I think Kieran might have misheard the

term because he finds it difficult to follow verbal teaching but I

realised I don't know what its called either !!

Lesley

ANT, tr BFC, Mother, Wife, Friend, Mender of Broken Hearts,

Keeper of Secrets, Chauffeur, Cook, Maid, Writer. Overweight, Over

thirty, Over here in Worthing..

" Believing Oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional

mind! " Star Trek.

[Guest guest]

Digraph, I think - meaning two letters. He's picked up the rule that u as

in bun, ue as in blue etc, so the digraph is ue, and the followed it with

(eg) dud, dude, where the digraph is split. QED!

Anneliese who used to be a speech scientist.

Phonetics/English teacher needed

I passed Kieran a pair of socks yesterday. " That says Cool Dud " he

said. I gave him the correct pronunciation of " Cool Dude " . " Oh yes,

" he said " its a split diagraph " ????$£?!

I can't find this anywhere in my dictionary. What is it called when

the vowel is separated from the e by another letter but the e still

makes the vowel sound change. I think Kieran might have misheard the

term because he finds it difficult to follow verbal teaching but I

realised I don't know what its called either !!

Lesley

ANT, tr BFC, Mother, Wife, Friend, Mender of Broken Hearts,

Keeper of Secrets, Chauffeur, Cook, Maid, Writer. Overweight, Over

thirty, Over here in Worthing..

" Believing Oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional

mind! " Star Trek.

[Guest guest]

Thanks, I asked his teacher when I went to pick him up. Not bad for a

child who didn't form his first sentence until he was nearly 4 and who

has extreme difficulty in listening to " the literacy hour " It was

Magic E when I was at school )

Lesley

ANT, tr BFC, Mother, Wife, Friend, Mender of Broken Hearts,

Keeper of Secrets, Chauffeur, Cook, Maid, Writer. Overweight, Over

thirty, Over here in Worthing..

" Believing Oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional

mind! " Star Trek.

Phonetics/English teacher needed

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> I passed Kieran a pair of socks yesterday. " That says Cool Dud " he

> said. I gave him the correct pronunciation of " Cool Dude " . " Oh

yes,

> " he said " its a split diagraph " ????$£?!

> I can't find this anywhere in my dictionary. What is it called when

> the vowel is separated from the e by another letter but the e still

> makes the vowel sound change. I think Kieran might have misheard

the

> term because he finds it difficult to follow verbal teaching but I

> realised I don't know what its called either !!

>

> Lesley

> ANT, tr BFC, Mother, Wife, Friend, Mender of Broken Hearts,

> Keeper of Secrets, Chauffeur, Cook, Maid, Writer. Overweight, Over

> thirty, Over here in Worthing..

> " Believing Oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional

> mind! " Star Trek.

>

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