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Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 4:34
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Subject: [phoNet] Introduction
Hi, Karen
I'm an English teacher too. I'm not a specialist
in language disorders, but I've heard that phonetic training and practical
exercises can do a lot of good in similar cases. Children love all sorts of
language games and the practice need not be boring to them. Also students who
are past the critical age may experience acute problems trying to master a new
set of distinctions and can benefit a lot even from some elementary phonetic
practice. Learning phonetic transcription may be very helpful for those who
prefer to identify newly acquired sounds with some sort of visual
symbol.
Piotr
I am not sure if this is the group for me, but here goes. I am
an
English teacher, and I have a child that is dsylexic--Central
Auditory Processing Disorder. Everything that I have read concerning
dyslexia suggests that there are problems involving difficulty with
phonemic awareness and auditory discrimination. I would like to
learn more about this in order to help my child, my husband, and
other
students I may have in the future who have difficulty with
these
things.