Piotr writes:
I wouldn't recommend anything as boring as a course in
phonetics, but just elements of phonetic transcription,
treated for example as some sort of secret alphabet that a
kid could play with. It need not be IPA (though it's a
useful thing to know), but any code that makes a child
analyse speech into segments.
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Hmmm, Piotr. Phonetics doesn't need to be boring. With lots of
motherly enthusiasm and a child with a learning disability, the
motivation on the mother's part is already present. The reason I
recommended the IPA is because of the one vowel to one symbol
relationship which to me is much simpler than any other phonic stuff.
What did you have in mind when you suggested "any code"?

Gerry