Each of the English letters does not have a single pronunciation. For instance, the letter ‘a’ has various pronunciations, depending on the word it appears in.
The letter ‘a’ is pronounced differently in _pat, part, arise, village, gate, water, want, many_ and _Mary_.
The letter ‘c’ is pronounced differently in _Pacific Ocean_.
This is why saying ‘A for apple’, ‘B for ball’, ‘C for cat’, isn’t entirely accurate. It’s just a model pronunciation to teach the letters. There is no sound like ‘A’ (pronounced /eɪ/) in ‘apple’. ‘A’ for ‘ape’ is still better. Although I understand that the teachers are merely teaching how to identify the letters, not necessarily their pronunciations. And this is the genesis of our pronunciation problem. We focus on letters. We aren’t always conscious of the fact that letters aren’t sounds. A letter like ‘j’ and the sound /j/ may look the same but aren’t pronounced the same.
When speaking, be conscious of the difference between sounds and letters. The ‘z’ you pronounced in ‘zoo’ isn’t the same as the one in ‘Nazi’ or ‘pizza’. Each of the English letters does not have a single pronunciation. For instance, the letter ‘a’ has various pronunciations, depending on the word it appears in.
The letter ‘a’ is pronounced differently in _pat, part, arise, village, gate, water, want, many_ and _Mary_.
The letter ‘c’ is pronounced differently in _Pacific Ocean_.
This is why saying ‘A for apple’, ‘B for ball’, ‘C for cat’, isn’t entirely accurate. It’s just a model pronunciation to teach the letters. There is no sound like ‘A’ (pronounced /eɪ/) in ‘apple’. ‘A’ for ‘ape’ is still better. Although I understand that the teachers are merely teaching how to identify the letters, not necessarily their pronunciations. And this is the genesis of our pronunciation problem. We focus on letters. We aren’t always conscious of the fact that letters aren’t sounds. A letter like ‘j’ and the sound /j/ may look the same but aren’t pronounced the same.
When speaking, be conscious of the difference between sounds and letters. The ‘z’ you pronounced in ‘zoo’ isn’t the same as the one in ‘Nazi’ or ‘pizza’.
When teaching, let your students understand this sound-letter difference.
When teaching, let your students understand this sound-letter difference.
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