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I don't get your examples. babe, boob, Bob, bib, bub, bye, boo, bah all have the same B sound. It isn't like 'ate' and 'apple'. Or are you saying they will li

I don't get your examples. babe, boob, Bob, bib, bub, bye, boo, bah all have the same B sound. It isn't like 'ate' and 'apple'. Or are you saying they will literally think B is 'buh'? But then any one of those examples will disabuse them of that idea???

mafro 7y ago
The point is giving examples of "b" with each vowel, so the child does not associate "b" with any particular sound.
Mordisquitos 7y ago
>Or are you saying they will literally think B is 'buh'? But then any one of those examples will disabuse them of that idea? Unfortunately, the fact that English has any number of vowel sounds depending on accent, dialect and even formal register makes it less intuitive to teach consonant sounds based on syllables. Even worse is the fact that consonants themselves may express different sounds in ways that would seem arbitrary to a child (e.g. "Ti" in "tiger" vs "attention"). In contrast, Spanish has a closed set of five vowel sounds, so every consonant can be exhaustively expressed in five digraphs/syllables: Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu – and that's the way children are usually taught. Things can get a bit more complicated when spelling particular sounds (e.g. the hard "G": Ga, Gue, Gui, Go, Gu) but the rules are always followed consistently.
nkrisc 7y ago
Try making a pure "b" sound without any vowel sound. You can't really, as you end up making an aspirated vowel sound to make any sound at all.. So we often tell kids that "b" is pronounced like "buh," for example. The point is to tell them "b" with other vowel sounds so they don't associate it with only one. "B" is buh, bee, boh, boo, bah, bay, beh, bih.
- quadrangle 7y ago
  It's possible to make a 'b' with no vowel. Start with the sound and never open your mouth. It's like an 'm' without letting any air out your nose. Hold it and your cheeks will swell, there's no place to release the air. You can do a tiny release and have no voice at that point. But I still agree with you overall that the correct approach is to teach it by demonstrating what's common across all its uses.

mafro 7y ago

The point is giving examples of "b" with each vowel, so the child does not associate "b" with any particular sound.

Mordisquitos 7y ago

>Or are you saying they will literally think B is 'buh'? But then any one of those examples will disabuse them of that idea? Unfortunately, the fact that English has any number of vowel sounds depending on accent, dialect and even formal register makes it less intuitive to teach consonant sounds based on syllables. Even worse is the fact that consonants themselves may express different sounds in ways that would seem arbitrary to a child (e.g. "Ti" in "tiger" vs "attention"). In contrast, Spanish has a closed set of five vowel sounds, so every consonant can be exhaustively expressed in five digraphs/syllables: Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu – and that's the way children are usually taught. Things can get a bit more complicated when spelling particular sounds (e.g. the hard "G": Ga, Gue, Gui, Go, Gu) but the rules are always followed consistently.

nkrisc 7y ago

Try making a pure "b" sound without any vowel sound. You can't really, as you end up making an aspirated vowel sound to make any sound at all.. So we often tell kids that "b" is pronounced like "buh," for example. The point is to tell them "b" with other vowel sounds so they don't associate it with only one. "B" is buh, bee, boh, boo, bah, bay, beh, bih.

quadrangle 7y ago
It's possible to make a 'b' with no vowel. Start with the sound and never open your mouth. It's like an 'm' without letting any air out your nose. Hold it and your cheeks will swell, there's no place to release the air. You can do a tiny release and have no voice at that point. But I still agree with you overall that the correct approach is to teach it by demonstrating what's common across all its uses.