Spelling with Short e and Short i Sounds

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Comment by Karen B. on April 16, 2009 at 1:12pm

Although we are at the end of Level 1 both of my students still have trouble distinguishing between the 2 sounds. I am going to put the word pairs in the video on index cards and start using that as part of my review with them each session. With one of my students I may need to do that with all of the short vowel sounds. With her I think it is more of a focusing issue as opposed to a lack of ability issue. We shall see. Thanks, Marie, for the exercise. I am confident that this will help.

Comment by Cindy K. on April 5, 2009 at 11:24pm

See, I knew there was a reason that I never paid attention to the difference in pronunciation between "pin" and "pin" - I grew up in Florida! My husband grew up in San Diego, and gave me a hard time one day about which I was saying. I told him that they are both pronounced so closely that it's all about context to know which word is being said. He said that no, they both have a very distinct sound difference and that I needed to learn to say them "right"! LOL!
Well, when I started using AAS about 2 years ago, I saw the need right away for me to be very clear about how I was saying these sounds. Especially for Mike, who has a hard enough time distinguishing sounds as it is! If I don't say the word right, he can't spell it right!
At least now I know there is a specific regional reason for the way I said those words!

Comment by Charity on March 20, 2009 at 8:59pm

Wonderful..thank you!

Comment by Bcontent on March 13, 2009 at 1:20am

This is great! I'm looking forward to more. Thank you!