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Fonix

Fonix. Fonix. Why phonics?. Helps with pronunciation Helps with unfamiliar words Helps with spelling. Misconceptions. Doesn't need much time Must be frequent Vocabulary is not necessary. Problems for Japanese learners. It's hard to hear and pronounce sounds that don't exist in Japanese.

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Fonix

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  1. Fonix Fonix

  2. Why phonics? • Helps with pronunciation • Helps with unfamiliar words • Helps with spelling

  3. Misconceptions • Doesn't need much time • Must be frequent • Vocabulary is not necessary

  4. Problems for Japanese learners • It's hard to hear and pronounce sounds that don't exist in Japanese

  5. Sound inventory • Some sounds have no close counterpart • R/L • th • v • Others do, but exist between Japanese sounds • but/bat • on/or • shark/Sherk

  6. Combinations of sounds • In Japanese, syllables must end with a vowel • racket → raketto • Some combinations in English don't exist in Japanese • too → tsu • see → shi

  7. Problems for Japanese learners • It's hard to hear and pronounce sounds that don't exist in Japanese • Katakana is BAD BAD BAD!

  8. Katakana • It's a syllabary, which means that it can only represent the combinations of sounds used in Japanese • It cannot represent many English sounds • woman → ウーマン • very → べり • told → トルド • adventure → アドベンチャー

  9. I hate katakana • Teaching with katakana develops bad, hard-to-break pronunciation habits • If students understand phonics, they don't need katakana for use as a memory aid

  10. Problems for Japanese learners • It's hard to hear and pronounce sounds that don't exist in Japanese • Katakana is BAD BAD BAD! • Form of some loanwords make distinguishing singular/plural difficult

  11. English loanwords • To fit the Japanese sound system, some words exist only in the “plural form” • shirt(s) → シャツ • fruit(s) → フルーツ • sport(s) → スポーツ

  12. Problems for Japanese learners • It's hard to hear and pronounce sounds that don't exist in Japanese • Katakana is BAD BAD BAD! • Form of some loanwords make distinguishing singular/plural difficult • Understanding romaji can be a first step

  13. romaji • Since only certain combinations exist, you can type Japanese with weird “spellings” • sushi → susi • Kamiichi → kamiiti • Tsuji → tuzi

  14. romaji • Show the students how these weird spellings are pronounced and how to spell correctly • They learn how to spell Japanese words in English • They can understand the connection between letter combinations and sounds

  15. Starting Phonics in Elementary School • Pros • Develop good habits at an early age • Keep students interested and on track when interest in English is at its peak • Build a better understanding of the parts of English before grammar is introduced • Cons • Inability to read and write (if applicable) can make teaching phonics challenging

  16. Starting Phonics in Junior High School • Pros • Students can read and write to some extent • This allows for more approaches to phonics • Cons • Students may have already developed bad habits • Learning phonics and grammar simultaneously could be a heavy load • Interest in English may have dwindled

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