NAME: JULIET P. INOCENTES SUBJECT: DEVELOPMENTAL READING I TOPIC: PRONUNCIATION VARIATION OF SOME CONSONANTS

PRONUNCIATION VARIATION OF SOME CONSONANTS

The variation in the pronunciation and spelling of many English words seemingly make the language absurd and irrational. This is the very reason why people whose second language is English meet much difficulty in reading and encounter kinks in spelling.

How would a beginner learn to recognize the correct pronunciation of many

letters in the alphabet and the proper spelling of many words when given the following instances?

*letter C - should be pronounced as kin car, coffee, and cup.

- should be pronounced as sin cell, central, and cigar.

*letter G- should be pronounced as g in game, gold, and glass.

- should be pronounced as jin general, gem, and giant.

- should be pronounced silent in assign, foreign, and diaphragm.

*letter GH- should be pronounced as gh inghast, ghost, and ghout.

- should be pronounced as f in laugh, cough, and rough.

- should be pronounced silent in fight, tight, and daughter.

*letter K - should be pronounced as kin karat, kraft, and khaki.

- should be pronounced silent in knack, knife, and know.

*letter T- should be pronounced as t insister, steal, and town.

- should be pronounced as shinaction, nation, and ambition.

- should be pronounced silent in fasten, hasten, and moisten.