Diphthong

On Monday, November 9, 2015 I was allowed to observe a day with an elementary school Speech-Language Pathologist. Her name is Amy Hicks, MS CCC SLP. Amy can be reached by mail at 2750 S. Corral St., Humboldt, AZ 86329. Her contact phone number is (480) 518-6993. I felt that Amy would be a great person to observe. She grew up with a mother who was a SLP, and she spent time at NAU while earning her degree. I arrived at 8am to begin our day, and did not leave until the end of Amy’s day,…

The persistence of Ebonics defies the intentions behind the dehumanization of African people. Furthermore, the use of Ebonics in literature highlights this defiance and persistence. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston paints the picture of displaced descendants of enslaved Africans lacking their native tongue in the color of their innovative vibrant language (Ebonics). In her use of Ebonics, Hurston promotes the value of African American language while adequately displaying the complexity…

“Murray”, a feature we will see is also common in other American dialects. Other general aspect of Midland accent is that of monophthongization8. They tend to monophthongize diphthongs as the one in “eye” – [aɪ] – pronouncing them as the vowel in “hot” – [Ʌ]. They also tend to do something similar to this, changing the diphthong in “house” to the one they should pronounce in “eye”, converting such words as “mouse” and “mice” in homonyms9. Although there has not been much research around this…

The second section of this paper discusses teaching strategies that use students’ first language, Spanish, to scaffold learning of the second language, English. It also discusses certain areas of the English language where teachers can support Latino students, such as phonology, phonics, vocabulary, sentence structure and writing. Spanish-speaking students enter the classroom with pre-existing knowledge of Spanish, or “linguistic capital” which improves their ability to master a second language…

Frederick Douglas once said, “Once you learn to read, you will forever be freed.” This is a quote that speaks highly of the importance of being able to read. When one is able to read, the numbers of opportunities available for a person are limitless. The five skills within reading are phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; all of which students need to be able efficient at in order to be a successful reader. It is crucial for the teacher to provide daily…