Jj is for Jottings 61. Raising a Reader Part 1: The Baby.
There are various things parents can do to maximise their child’s chances of becoming a reader (i.e. someone who is proficient at reading, reads for pleasure and has no difficulty in using reading for information-seeking and the school curriculum.) We can divide this topic into 4 stages: Baby, Toddler, Emergent Readers and Early Readers. Question: What stage comes before the Baby stage? Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 60. Partial Devoicing of Consonants.
As I said in the previous article “most voiced consonant sounds on the ends of words are actually devoiced , which means they end up sort of halfway between being voiced and unvoiced.” It would really be more accurate to say that they are partially devoiced. Continue reading