BJ and I have kept on a steady pattern of meeting in the library- talking about our week- reading aloud from a text- discussing difficult phrases or words and then listening to something on- line.
On the 17th I think, I talked to him about stressed and unstressed syllables. Listening to him talk and read I noticed that he wouldn't say or stress the ending syllables of his words as in Tallahass instead of Tallahassee or Tenness. instead of Tennessee etc. I began to think that maybe he does not hear these last sounds b/c they are not as emphasized. It got us into talking about the confusion he's had with others due to this.
So now I get to bring in poetry as an activity on stressed and unstressed syllables! yea!
(These lessons were my 4th and 5th with BJ but including my two meetings with Radka it adds to 6&7. Just to be clear.)
Great idea incorporating poetry for pronunciation!
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