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How well do you know your alphabet? Douglas Bowman CCFLT February, 2014
Discern sounds
Language Sounds are symbols for communication
Vision Identify patterns by vision
Written sounds represent sounds
Language interference Word order Written symbols
Opaque languages
Transparent languages
Language Have you asked yourself how the same Roman letters are pronounced similarly/ dissimilarly in different languages?
Try to pronounce these sequences • sh • sch • sk
Try to pronounce these sequences • shilling • schilling • skiling
Reading comprehension Decoding Oral comprehension vocabulary
Do you still use this alphabet? A
F
L
P
V
B
G
LL
Q
W
C
H
M
R
X
CH
I
N
S
Y
D
J
Ñ
T
Z
E
K
O
U
How about the 1992 alphabet? A
G
M
R
X
B
H
N
S
Y
C
I
Ñ
T
Z
D
J
O
U
E
K
P
V
F
L
Q
W
Do you know the names of the letters for Spanish? a
ge
eme
ere
equis (x)
be
hache
ene
ese
i griega (y)
ce
i
eñe
te
zeta
de
jota
o
u
e
ka
pe
ve
efe
ele
cu (q)
(w)v doble, doble v doble u
Last page will be given with discussion as to the effects of using similar symbols by different languages.