The Long and Short of Vowels
Alison Clarke of Spelfabet wrote this great post about vowels. If you read it, I don’t have to explain my 20 different vowels to you. They sound different from Alison’s but I have them – and so do you, give or take. I wanted to give my own brief rationale for not using the terms “long” and “short” in the remedial setting of That Reading Thing. Our learners are all older and the only ones who might actually need the … Read More