Pronouncing the Phonemes

It is important that every phoneme is pronounced correctly to ensure the child finds blending easy. Even native English speakers should check that they are pronouncing the phonemes correctly, for example it’s not suh but ssssssssss.

Jo-Anne Dooner explains to parents why it’s so important to ensure accuracy when pronouncing the phonemes:

Here is the /s/ example, where you can hear: how to pronounce each of the phonemes, hear an example of how to blend the phonemes to read the word and hear how to pronounce the full word.
 

Representation	Blend 1	Blend 2	Word	Word
s	s i t	s u n