EDUC 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Second-Language Acquisition, Vowel Length, Word Family
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Functional shift: using the same word as both a noun and a verb. A word starts out as one and then though use changes to be a different part of speech. Our spelling are more elaborate than any other language. 15% other languages of the world word families-have the same root or rime. 6 syllable spelling patterns focused on the vowel sound in the middle: closed syllable. Short vowel sounds that is one letter followed by one or more constants. Only care if there is a constant behind the vowel. 2closed syllables-combat, comet,, dentist, fabric, insect: open syllable. The vowel makes a long sound-sounds like way you say the letter. Part of a team to make the rst letter long: drop final e. Drop nal e if the suf x attaching it to beings with a vowel: doubling a nal constant. Children pick up all the language around them.
