Letter Land

charis

昨天我也到letterland的showroom，看一下教材。因為showroom沒有新版的書，又不知要等多久，於是買舊版的便算，包括early years handbook, ABC book and Software。我也和從未接觸過phonics的小兒(他五歲多的了)，看了Annie Apple。不過有些問題，想請教一下大家啊：
Annie Apple，不是說"ae"(即是似ant, arrow,apple)音的嗎﹖但我聽Alphabet song，唱的卻是"Annie Apple she says 'ah'."(輕輕的，似arm,around)的啊﹗請問一下各位，應該是那一個才對的啊﹖
又：marieyuen快要生bb吧﹖祝你順順利利，身體健康，bb和大人都精靈活潑啊﹗

charis

Dear Jokey,
Exactly.  When I hear the song, I realized the sound of the word 'says' is sung as '/seiz/'.  But to me, this questions is not as serious as the pronounciation of /ae/ or /a/.  :(
Thanks for the reply.
Charis.

charis

Hi Jokey2828,
I went to the showroom today, and the sales there told me that the British way of pronunciation is /a/ instead of /ae/.  So most of the words would start with the sound /a/.
I will try to listen to the cassette 'early years handbook' to find out more.
Charis.

charis

Dear Jokey2828,
I listened to the first few parts of the "Early Years Cassette" this morning.  The teacher/instructor in the tape does pronounce /a/ instead of /ae/.  And "Annie Apple" is really pronounced with "/a/nnie /a/pple", and so as the other words "arrow", "ants", etc.  
I don't know whether this is the way of british accent or not.  I hope I can have a chance to ask some native British.
Keep in touch!
Charis.

charis

原來..../ae/的正確發音，不是我平時以為的那一個﹗
我又參考了賴玉華博士寫的<擺脫廣東腔 - 國際音標學習手冊>，原來letterland教的/ae/(short a)，是很正確的﹗

charis

Contact:
Connie Chen

Shop:
ETC Educational Technology
Connection (HK) Ltd
P415, 2/F Hsia Kung Mansion
Tai Koo Shing
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By Telephone:
2653 2789
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2656 1627

charis

又：先前我又心思思，買了ABC book的新版，今天收到了，比較之下，新版除了顏色鮮艷，人物的內容也豐富得多，又up-to-date，書後的字彙還很多，很有用，我也很喜歡。相信以後我也會轉用新版的﹗不過先前買的舊版，也可以作為我的參考，都不會浪費的。

charis

Hi Mmouse,
Do you think the phonics course for parents is useful to you?  If possible, please share more with us here!
Have you ever seen the new edition?  But it's a pity that the products of the new edition are not complete.  Could you please ask Connie Chen when the new edition would arrive in HK?
Thanks for sharing.

charis

謝謝大家，特別是Marie，經常和我們分享用letterland的心得。
小兒已經五歲半，才開始這套教材，想不到他很快便喜歡那些人物，又時常開電腦的software，去聽alphabet and handwriting songs。不過因為不想太強迫他，都現在還未學完26人物。不過我已經開始想物識programme 1 & 2.
想請問Marie：你說新版不會cover所有的blends，其實少了多少呢﹖會不會也足夠小朋友用呢﹖我個人很想用新版去教prog. 1 & 2，所以想知多一點啊﹗(又捨不得同時買新版和舊版的teachers' guides，太貴了﹗)
Thanks again!

charis

好多謝你啊，要照顧bb還那麼熱心地幫助我們，真的很感激啊﹗:)

charis

藍媽寶,
I'm also a beginner to Letterland.  But I think you can try to buy the followings:
1.  ABC Book.  Almost a must to buy.
2.  Alphabet Songs (CD or cassette).  It contains all the alphabet songs, so you can play and sing with your daughter.
Charis.

charis

各位：
數天前，我買了新版的teacher's guide,新版集合了舊版的Programme 1 & 2，但沒有以下的音/故事：
a (America)
a (father)
o (love)
all/al (all/allways)
al/el (musical/angel)
ce/ci/cy (soft c stories)
ch (school)
dge (bridge)
ed (the 3 sounds of)
ei (eight/height)
ei (receive)
ere (here/there/where)
ey (they)
ey (donkey)
full/ful (useful)
ge/gi/gy (soft g stories)
gh (laugh)
kn (knee)
le (table)
ly (lovely)
less/ness (suffixes)
mb (thumb)
mn (autumn)
ough/ought
ous (famous)
ph (phtograph)
que (antique)
tion (action)
ture (picture)
wh (when)
wh (who)
wr (write)
y (bicycle)
y to i (cry/cries)
對我而言，真的少了許多啊﹗不過我想我會新舊版一起用，有新用新，沒有新便用舊的教材去教。
Charis.