--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Mark E. Shoulson" <mark@...> wrote:

> Marco Cimarosti wrote:
>
> >My father must still have somewhere my 1st grade notebook, which

is full of

> >drills like these:
> >
> > ba be bi bo bu
> > ca che chi co cu
> > cia ce ci cio cio
> > ....
> > gna gne gni gno gnu
> > ...
> > qua que qui quo cu
> > ...
> > scia sce sci scio sciu
> > ...
> > va ve vi vo vu
> > za ze zi zo zu
> >
> >
> That's how kids learn to read Hebrew. It's still not an uncommon

sight

> in the front of prayer-books (especially those meant for children):

a

> page showing every letter combined with every vowel. Ba Be Bi...
>
> ~mark

My own children learned to read from French syllable charts 10 years
ago in Vancouver.

I will have to consult some cognitive psychologists on how important
linearity and sequence are as well as visual versus phonetic.

Suzanne McCarthy