Rooted Report
The Woes of the Final Single o
Have you ever wondered why your grandmother writes heroes and you write heros? Or you write dominoes and then you see dominos published somewhere and start to doubt your spelling...
The Woes of the Final Single o
Have you ever wondered why your grandmother writes heroes and you write heros? Or you write dominoes and then you see dominos published somewhere and start to doubt your spelling...
Deliberate Practice 6: Stress
Language is stressful. Literally. Aside from the obvious kind of stress that comes from learning to read and write or learning a new language, “stress” is an aspect of language...
Deliberate Practice 6: Stress
Language is stressful. Literally. Aside from the obvious kind of stress that comes from learning to read and write or learning a new language, “stress” is an aspect of language...
Deliberate Practice 5: Vowels
Let’s talk about vowels. In a lot of ways, in a lot of languages, consonants are a lot easier to figure out. That’s because they are easier to feel and,...
Deliberate Practice 5: Vowels
Let’s talk about vowels. In a lot of ways, in a lot of languages, consonants are a lot easier to figure out. That’s because they are easier to feel and,...
Deliberate Practice 4: Place
So far, I’ve talked about 2 of the 3 big phonetic concepts that determine how we pronounce sounds: manner and voice. Now it’s time for the third one: place! Personally,...
Deliberate Practice 4: Place
So far, I’ve talked about 2 of the 3 big phonetic concepts that determine how we pronounce sounds: manner and voice. Now it’s time for the third one: place! Personally,...
Deliberate Practice 3: Voice
This week’s practice is all about voicing. If you remember, voice refers to how a sound vibrates when it is produced, meaning that some sounds are made with our vocal...
Deliberate Practice 3: Voice
This week’s practice is all about voicing. If you remember, voice refers to how a sound vibrates when it is produced, meaning that some sounds are made with our vocal...
Deliberate Practice 2: Manner
As I discussed in the previous post (where I introduced the idea of Deliberate Practice) there is a lot of monitoring involved. For my project, that means a lot of...
Deliberate Practice 2: Manner
As I discussed in the previous post (where I introduced the idea of Deliberate Practice) there is a lot of monitoring involved. For my project, that means a lot of...
