Controlled by Funding Sources (Part 2)

 

Has the National Research Council hoodwinked the educators and parents?

The National Research Council in their book ‘Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children’ on page 22 says:

‘There are 3 sounds represented by 3 letters in the word “but” but each sound alone does not refer to anything, and only the middle sound can really be pronounced in isolation; when we try to say the first or last consonant of the word all by itself, we have to add a vowel to make it a pronounceable entity.’

What nonsense is this?

How did a 6-year-old kid in Lagos pronounce the letters without adding a vowel sound to consonants? LINK

How did this lady pronounce letters without adding a vowel sound to consonants? LINK

 

How do you expect kids to blend duh aah guh, as sounded out by Sally Shaywitz,  for the word dog? LINK

How dare you blame phonics when the letter sounds are taught wrong?

I have been shouting at the top of my voice that this is the single biggest cause of kids shutting down from learning to read.

Is there anyone who thinks that the National Research Council is naïve? This is done by design.

 

I thought that Singapore would not be involved in this scheme. Singapore knows the truth in what I say but they please the big boys and do a screening in year one and give intervention to prevent kids from shutting down. (More on this another day)

 

Here is the final response from IMDA in Singapore.

IMDA INFO (IMDA)

To:luqmanmichel52@yahoo.com

Cc: IMDA INFO (IMDA)

We understand your concerns with the pronunciation of the alphabet in the said programme. However, we also note that while broadcasters are required to ensure that they maintain high standards of language in programmes that they offer, we note that these pronunciations do not compromise the overall content of the programme and therefore are not in breach of IMDA’s guidelines. LINK

 

The MOE of Singapore also gave a similar answer as given by Malaysia.

The response from Singapore MOE to my initial email was as follows:

 

    MOE Psychological Services (MOE)

    To:luqmanmichel52@yahoo.com

    4 Dec 2018

 

    Dear Mr Michel,

    Thank you for your email. Apologies but we are unable to comment on the video that you have shared. You might like to contact the producers/ distributors of the video directly. LINK

 

Are there no academicians in Singapore who know if the sounds of the letters are pronounced correctly?

What is the likelihood of a puppeteer who is puppeteering the leaders around the world?