Immediately after my tweets to and from Dr.David Zyngier came a tweet from someone called Beebee.
Beebee:
And what is the wrong pronunciation
of phonemes? There r different accents across Australia. Which one is 'correct'?
Luqman Michel
This will get us somewhere. Thank
you.
We are not talking about accents
here.
Australians and many others around
the world pronounce the phonemes wrongly thus causing confusion in kids who
then shut down from learning.
Do listen to my YouTube video and
then please grill me.
and the next 4 YouTube videos, if
you like.
Beebee
This has been addressed in
Australia a while ago now and you generally won't find kids adding an extra
sound to consonants. The issue here is with this test. (See note 1 below)
Luqman Michel
That is what you say. I have
written about this to Australia since 2010 but not one listened.
Beebee
That is fine for single or even
consonant clusters but accents definitely play a role in the pronunciation of
vowels, especially dipthongs.
Luqman Michel
Hello, I am sure you know what I am
talking about. Children shut down when pronunciation of phonemes are taught
wrongly. There is no need to talk about dipthongs, diagraphs, comprehension,
vocabulary and whatnot.
Get the foundation- phonemes- laid
properly.
Beebee
There is absolutely a need to talk
about them as they r part of this phonics test. Have u seen the test? (See Note
2)
Luqman Michel
You have gone on a tangent. I am
talking about the millions of kids who disengage from learning to read. The
kids who leave school as illiterates because of confusion.
Everything else comes subsequently.
Beebee
But you've already said, u aren't
here so how would u know what teachers r teaching in the classroom. (See note
3)
Luqman Michel
I told you that I have been
emailing teachers since 2010.
I have even emailed Julia Gillard
in 2010. (She was education minister before becoming PM in June 2010)
If you say teachers are teaching
the correct pronunciation of phonemes, then I am happy for you.
For info I have been to Australia
about 15 times. (See note 4)
Notes:1. Is this person from the Ministry of Education or what? She probably thinks I am still wet behind the ears. However, from what I have recently gathered, many schools are indeed teaching the pronunciation of phonemes correctly. There are still many schools that have yet to change. I believe this has all changed since my emails to most of the educational establishments since my first email to Julia Gillard in 2010.2. Why is she talking about tests that I am not interested in? I am only interested in telling the world that kids shut down from learning to read because of confusion. This is the information that will end the reading wars.3. This is not a discussion anymore it appears to be some sort of wanting to win an argument.4. Yes, I have been to Australia many times and have driven from Darwin to Albany in the South. Been to the Gold coast several times. Had bought 2 units of properties, one Link house on Surfers Paradise and one detached unit in Robina both of which I had to sell when I lost all my money in the stock market.
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