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[ChopChaeJoe]

for young students, say 8-10 Korean age, do you have any strategies to teach reading consonant blends? I have so much trouble with students adding -uh- after each letter sound.

[yingwenlaoshi]

Keep on them. Show them. Don't let them get away with it and don't finish with each student until they get it right. Teach them what a syllable is and that these words have less syllables in English.

[ddeubel]

Exposure to the proper usage.

that's all we can offer despite lots of pretense we might do otherwise....

Try reading, lots of reading with audio. This will "drum" it in.

DD

[mj roach]

At that age competition works well.
Repeat what the student says in a funny (not mocking) way
and posed as a question...
"I-uh am-uh????" while looking around at the other students.
When another gives the correct pronunciation, the student will change.
If none of the students can respond with the correct pronunciation,
model it again and continue.
Eventually, you will get a 'chorus' of correct pronunciation in answer.
Remember that in their language those sounds at the end of words is normal.

[ChopChaeJoe]

I appreciate the suggestions. Thanks.