Sounds like you gave them some overly stressed syllables there.
Of interest is the use of nonsense words. I am interested in using them for
training with attaining phonemic awareness through truespel. It appears to
me that that's the way to go to get away from preconceptions using known
words. I train by first showing a list of words and ask learner to say
them, then saying a list a words and asking the learner to write them.
Then I give a test where the learner hears 40 words of increasing difficulty
and must write them. (Truespel shows stress so mixed stressed syllables are
a part of the test.) This test gives a phonemic awareness aptitude score.
The beauty of truespel is that the phonemes are keyboard enterable and are
designed to be most obvious and easy to remember by USA English speakers and
readers.
Is there any other such system using nonesense words?
Tom Zurinskas
creator of truespel
Truespel Book One: Analysis of the Sounds (Phonemes) of USA English
http://www.1stbooks.com/cgi-bin/1st?partner~1st|type~6|Data1~16593
Convert English to truespel (USA accent) by copy/pasting at
http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/truespel/transpel.htm
See truespel.com. Write [log in to unmask]
>From: "Crookston, Ian [HES]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "Crookston, Ian [HES]" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: collapse of phonetics class
>Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:46:20 +0100
>
>I usually say "here it comes" just before delivering, eg, a nonsense word,
>to make sure everybody is absolutely poised. This morning I was stifling my
>unruly digestion to the point where I felt I had to apologise.
>
>It came out like this: "Do excuse my breakfast. Here it comes".
>
>Collapse of class. We just couldn't finish the hour.
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