Consonant Clusters

Universidad de Carabobo

FACE

Dpto. Idiomas Modernos
Cátedra: Desarrollo Fonológico II
Prof. Emily Moreno


Simplification of Consonant Clusters:

Consonant clusters:

• Initial CC:
  · Lengthening
  (sssstop)
  
  · Backward build up
  (ray – pray - spray)
  
  · Reading quasi-minimal pairs
  (state - estate)
• Final CC:
  · Resyllabification or phonetic syllabification
  (walked out)
  
  · Cluster reduction /p,t,k/
  (milked)
  
  · Forward build up
  (bell – belt - belts)

To see more about consonant clusters: http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/phonics/clusters/clusters.htm

Simplification of Consonant Clusters:

Exercises:
Look at the words and sentences below and choose one or more consonant clusters techniques to help students to pronounce them. Correct them and say why you will use those techniques in each case. Remember that each case can have more than one technique.

a. Espring

b. Mary leaves out tomorrow.

c. Escream

d. She asked for the last test.