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[riverboy]

Okay folks. I have a nine year old student, he has a hearing aid, I've been teaching him for about six months now. I've basically developed my own phonics programme which uses some websites, books and a few other things that has worked well for me. I have given advice to several new teachers and they all said it helped them a lot. I feel I can teach phonics fairly well.

I know teaching the difference between l and r in listening and spelling is difficult for people with normal hearing, but this kid really struggles with it and I can't seem to make any headway. I try showing him my tounge position, when pronouncing it ,speaking loudly and anything that may come to mind at the time.

Has anyone ever encountered this and what did you do?

Thanks
RB

[Alyallen]

I can't help you personally but I remember that there was a thread about pronunciation with some real nice resources. If you can find that thread with the loopy search function or through plain stubbornness, it should help you a lot.

Good luck

[Tony_Balony]

Talk to his mom to determine the extent of his hearing loss. He's got an aid but how much does it really help? His loss might be so severe that aids don't really help.

If the aid helps then you have a normal stubborn unremarkable kid. Usual teaching methods apply.

Sometimes when progress is slow in one area, I give up and let the kid fall behind so his classmates let him know he's a nail sticking out. You can visit R's and L's later.

[Unposter]

I believe there is someone in KOTESOL who specializes in ESL for the Hearing Impaired. You might want to search their website and see if you can find it.

I believe the concept is you have to use sign language to explain the sounds. Their should be phonetic signs. (I think!) Maybe you can ask a Korean teacher about Korean sign language or you can get help with a website.

You sound like an amazing teacher! Keep up the good work!

[riverboy]

[riverboy]

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