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December 15, 2020

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Alphabet knowledge is one of the first building blocks of education, the moment when children begin learning the letters of the alphabet. As the stepping stones of language, learning the alphabet is one of the first ways we develop the skills necessary to read and write. In fact, studies show that the ability to name the letters of the alphabet during Pre-K and kindergarten is a well-established predictor of children's literacy skills later in life. Properly knowing the alphabet means that the child can distinguish between the 26 letters of the alphabet and can also verbalize those letter sounds. There are many different ways to approach teaching the alphabet, and because every child is different, multiple teaching methods should be considered to ensure that all students are on the same path toward mastering letter sounds.  

Tips for Teaching Letter Sounds

Many factors play a role in a child’s quest toward learning the alphabet. When teaching letter sounds, it's important to consider that students have varied learning styles. It is best to use a combination of visual, tactile, and auditory strategies in order to reach learners most effectively. Taking advantage of all possible approaches and beginning at an appropriate pace for the age group is key for making sure the child has learned the alphabet.  

Preschool vs Kindergarten

Establishing the child’s starting point is crucial for properly knowing where to begin in regards to the child learning letter sounds. In Pre-K, students are beginning to establish phonemic awareness, and these skills can grow quickly. By establishing the learner’s baseline, you are able to help them achieve greater growth throughout their Pre-K and kindergarten years. 

Start With Their Name

Taking full advantage of meaningful literacy during early childhood education is a great way to connect lessons with the student in an intimate and fun way. Starting with teaching the child’s name guarantees that there will be a personal connection to the letters of the alphabet and teaching the letter sounds of their name will help them to remember certain letters and touch on correct letter order as well. Start with their name and then move on to other personal buzzwords such as their favorite food, color, and so on.  

Capital Letters First

When teaching letter sounds, children typically learn capital letters first so it’s much easier for them to recognize capital letters than lowercase letters. When using visual materials for teaching letter sounds, begin with mastering capital letters of the alphabet and then move forward to incorporate lowercase letters as well. This allows them to have a foundation for letter sounds while then focusing on letter recitation overall.  

Use Visual Cues

Visual cues are a huge helping hand in the quest for properly teaching alphabet letters and sounds. Combining verbal and visual instruction to provide aid for the child allows them to commit the letters to memory and recall those letters later on. Consider using physically engaging alphabet resources to help give kids visual assistance in learning letters and sounds. Some great tools we suggest include:  

Letters or Letter Sounds First?

Each student is unique! Some children will have an easier time identifying the letter, while others may have a better time learning the sound before the corresponding letter. Take note of which direction the child is leaning toward and cater to their individual needs. But first and foremost, ensure you invest a healthy amount of time in establishing letter-sound-correspondence when teaching letters and sounds.  

Mix Up the Standard Alphabet Order

A great way to ensure that the student is properly able to identify and replicate alphabet letter sounds is to change up the alphabet order. This allows the teacher to see if the student has retained the alphabet properly or has maybe relied heavily on educational tools like songs and games to be able to identify letters. A-B-C Touch & Flip Cards are a great tool for mixing up the order to ensure each letter gets its own spotlight and that the child can confidently excel in mastering the alphabet.  

Make Letter Sounds Fun

One of the best parts of teaching letter alphabet sounds is watching the moment when it finally clicks for the child. Teaching letter sounds should be a fun experience for the child. That positivity helps encourage comprehension and encourages further development of these skills. Try playing games, singing catchy alphabet songs, or even assigning alphabet-based art assignments to help make learning the alphabet a fun experience.   

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Once a child has confidently mastered letter sounds and the alphabet, they’ve taken the first step toward literacy, vocabulary, language development, and more. With a combination of enriching alphabet learning materials and enough consistent practice, any child will be on their way to confidently know the alphabet. 

Learning Without Tears seeks to help families, educators, and children get prepared for learning with innovative educational materials and professional resources. We want every child to be set up for success through each step of their learning journey, with engaging and worthwhile materials for K-5 students. Regardless of whether the child is learning in a traditional classroom or at home, Learning Without Tears provides access to proven curricula, industry insight, and enriching products that help make teaching and learning the alphabet a fun experience.  

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Uppercase vowels and consonants. Consonants

Introduction

In Russian, all letters, both vowels and consonants, are its basis. After all, thanks to letters, syllables are formed, and with the help of syllables we compose words, from words, expressions, sentences, and so on.

But today's lesson we will start with the study of the consonants of the Russian language.

Consonants

Distinguish between consonants and sounds. What are these letters that are called consonants? To understand what consonants are, let's learn about the origin of the word "consonants". And they are called so because they always go next to vowels or together with vowels. nine0005

There is a fundamental difference between consonants and vowels. If you remember that all vowels can be easily pulled or even sung, then consonants should be pronounced as short as possible. The only exceptions are hissing consonants, since they can also be pulled.

There are twenty-one consonants and 37 consonants in the Russian alphabet.

Consonants

Voiced and voiceless sounds

Consonants are divided into voiced and unvoiced sounds. Here, pay attention to the letters that are written in pairs. If you look closely, then in each pair there is one letter that has a deaf sound, and the other has a voiced sound.

Silent letters mean a dull sound, and when we pronounce them, we hear only noise, while pronouncing voiced letters, we can hear not only noise, but also a voice.

B - P, Z - S, D - T, G - K

But at the moment we see letters that have a pair. These pairs in Russian can be counted eleven pieces. But not all letters got pairs, so in the Russian alphabet there are also unpaired voiced, as well as unpaired deaf. nine0005

Exercise: Think of words for paired voiced and unvoiced sounds.

Soft and hard sounds

In addition to voiced and voiceless letters of the alphabet can have soft and hard consonants.

During the pronunciation of sounds, in accordance with what sound we pronounce, the position of our tongue changes. When pronouncing soft consonants, our language takes one position, and when it is hard, it is completely different.

Now let's try to pronounce soft sounds first, and then hard ones. If you notice, then when pronouncing soft consonants, we move the tongue a little forward and at the same time its middle part slightly rises. But when we pronounce hard consonants, our tongue is slightly pulled back. nine0005

Russian vowels and sounds

Now we invite you to remember what vowel sounds and letters are in Russian. There are only ten of us:

When pronouncing vowel sounds, unlike consonants, we can pull or sing them during pronunciation, and at the same time we feel how the air passes through the entire oral cavity, and we clearly hear our voice .

Exercise 1.

Write the word rose

1. Change the letter z to p in this word.
2. What word did you get?
3. What has now changed in the third sound, and how did it begin to sound?
4. What are all the vowels in this word?
5. What are the consonant sounds in this word?

Exercise 2.

Kot, juice, mal, feast, bow, ball

1. Replace the vowels in these words with other vowels.
2. What words did you receive?
3. Write down the new words you have come up with. nine0019 4. How are vowel sounds read in previous words?
5. How should sounds be read, hard or soft, in newly formed words?

Homework

1. Vowels and consonants - what is their difference?
2. What is the difference between letters and sounds?
3. Does the number of letters of the Russian alphabet match the number of sounds?
4. Why are there fewer vowels in Russian than vowels?
5. How can you explain why there are more sounds than letters?
6. What are the types of consonant sounds? nine0019

Words are the most important part of speech; we pronounce them, write and read them, and form phrases and sentences out of them. They consist of letters and sounds that have become so firmly established in our lives that we hardly notice them.

Letters and sounds are not the same thing, although they are closely related concepts. We write, see and read letters, and we pronounce and hear sounds. Letters are graphic written symbols, while sounds are the acoustic component of words and human speech in general. In different words, the same letter sometimes corresponds to different sounds. nine0005

“In the beginning was the word. Then words, words, words... (author Vladimir Kolechitsky).

“The word was given to a person not for self-satisfaction, but for the embodiment and transmission of that thought, that feeling, that share of truth and inspiration that he possesses to other people.” (author V. Korolenko).

Letters and sounds are studied in various branches of linguistic science. Sounds studies phonetics , and alphabetic characters - graphics . Spelling letters prerogative spelling .

The set of letters of any language makes up its alphabet. The letters of the Russian language are divided into consonants, vowels and auxiliary. Auxiliary ones include those that do not carry sound information - a hard and soft sign.

Consonant letters and sounds of the Russian alphabet

Consonant sounds and letters are characterized by the fact that during their pronunciation, a certain obstacle arises in the path of air in the oral cavity. As a result, noise is necessarily present in the acoustic sound of consonants. They got the name "consonants" because they almost always stand next to vowels or in the same word with them. nine0005

There are 21 consonants in Russian:

Another characteristic feature of consonants is that they cannot be sung. The pronunciation of hissing consonants can be stretched (for example: with , f , sh , nine0097 ), but "singing" will not work.

As noted above, consonants in words almost always coexist with vowels. However, there is a limited number of words that consist only of consonants. Along with prepositions to , s or particle b , these are some foreign proper names ( Krch - district of Prague; Armenian name Mkrtch , which in Russian is sometimes written with a vowel - for euphony), as well as interjections like brr or shh .

Classification of consonant letters and sounds in Russian is based on acoustic criteria.

Voiced and voiceless consonants

Those consonants whose pronunciation consists only of noise are called voiceless. In contrast, consonants formed by sound and noise are called voiced.

The letter stands apart (and short). According to the acoustic sound, it is classified as a voiced consonant, however, its isolated pronunciation is impossible. Letter th can only be pronounced together with a preceding or following vowel sound, for example [yy] , [uh] etc.

Paired and unpaired consonants

Most voiced consonants correspond to certain voiceless ones. Such consonant letters are called paired . There are also consonants that do not have a pair. Among them there are also deaf and voiced, and they are called unpaired .

Soft and hard consonants

The pronunciation of consonants in words can be hard or soft. If the sound is pronounced softly, then the tongue is slightly pushed forward, approaching the upper palate or touching it. When pronouncing solid sounds, the tongue does not move forward (but the tongue can touch the upper palate due to upward movement). nine0005

Most consonants form both hard and soft sounds, but there are some exceptions. In particular, the letters w , c , sh always have a solid sound, and the letters th , h , - soft.

In other cases, the hardness or softness of the consonants is determined by which letter follows them.

If the consonant is followed by the letters a , about , y , e , s , b - then you get a solid sound. The same is true if the consonant is at the end of the word or is followed by another consonant.

If the consonant is accompanied by the letters e , e , and , , i , b - then its sound will be soft.
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Hissing and whistling consonants

Some of the Russian consonants sound like hissing. These are sounds w , sh , , h , which are called hissing consonants.

Another group of consonant sounds, when leaving the oral cavity, forms acoustic vibrations resembling a whistle. These are the sounds of , s , c - whistling.

The properties of hissing and whistling consonants are especially noticeable when they are pronounced for a long time.

One of the important features of these sounds is that most of the speech defects are associated with their pronunciation. For this reason, work with hissing and whistling consonants should be given special attention when teaching children. It is important to note that speech deficiencies associated with these sounds may be amenable to speech therapy correction. nine0005

Russian vowels and sounds

Unlike consonants and letters, the characteristic feature of vowels is that the air passes through the oral cavity freely during their pronunciation. As a result, vowels can not only be easily stretched, but also sung in a singsong voice. Another distinctive feature is that they can be pronounced as loudly as you like, at the top of your voice.

Vowels and sounds combine consonants into syllables. Each syllable has only one vowel. The number of other letters - consonants, hard and soft signs - may be different. Words can consist of one or more syllables: ros-writing , scrap , yard , car-ti-na .

Number of vowels in Russian - 10:

A total of 6 vowels: [a] , [and] , [about] , [y] , [s] , [e] . The vowels corresponding to them are monosonic. The remaining 4 vowels are e , e , , i - two-voiced, and separately pronounced as [ye] , [yo] , [yu] , [ya] . At the same time, in words, these letters mean one sound (examples: squirrel, ball, went, key).

As in the case of consonants, there are a number of Russian words that consist only of vowels. These are pronouns - i , her ; unions - and , a ; prepositions - , about ; interjection - e , ay .

Stressed and unstressed vowels

In words, vowels can be stressed and unstressed.

• If a vowel in a word is under stress, it is read more distinctly, with a greater accent and a little more drawl.
• In the absence of stress, vowels in words are read less clearly. Accordingly, an unstressed position is a weak position for them, and a position in a stressed syllable is a strong position. nine0527

As a rule, words are not stressed in traditional writing. If necessary, they are denoted by the sign "akut" - a small "/" stroke above the vowel.

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Designations of sounds during phonetic analysis of a word

Phonetic or sound analysis of a word serves to display and analyze its correct pronunciation. Both words and individual letters can be designated phonetically.

Sound designations, unlike letters, are enclosed in square brackets. The graphic record of the pronunciation of a word is called transcription. nine0005

The basic rules according to which sounds are designated in the phonetic parsing of a word are as follows:

• The hardness of consonants does not have any designation, but the softness is displayed with an apostrophe. For example, if [b] - hard sound, then [b '] - soft.
• Long sound in transcription is indicated by a colon, for example: kassa - [cas:a] .
• Not always, but often the transcription of words is stressed. For example: wave nine0098 - [wave] .
• The soft sign and the hard sign do not have a sound pronunciation, therefore there is no display during phonetic analysis.

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How to teach children to distinguish between hard and soft sounds

Sometimes children may have difficulty distinguishing between hard and soft consonants. In this case, there are some tricks that facilitate the assimilation of the topic.

First of all, it is necessary to explain to the child that the concepts of hardness and softness do not refer to consonants, but to their sounds. And that the same letter can sound both hard and soft. Here's an example: " b "- the words ram - white," r "- work - belt," l "- a horse is a swan.

When explaining the exception letters, for better memorization it is recommended to write them down as follows:

• , h ,
• W , sh , c

It is necessary to make it clear to the child that the underlined letters seem to “sit on the pads” - the pads are soft and the letters are also soft.

In order for the child to remember well before which vowels the letter becomes hard or soft, you can use the following technique: first, with a serious facial expression, read a syllable with a hard consonant - and then, with a smile on your face, read another syllable, where this consonant is soft. Then, do the same with other letters and syllables. For example: la — la , mu - mi , zo — zya , bo — byu , ry - ryo etc. Soft pronunciation is well associated in a child with a smile, and hard pronunciation is well associated with seriousness and severity, which allows you to remember the material associatively.

Gradually improve skills, and do the same exercises with simple words such as: mom , paps a - uncle , aunt etc. As you memorize, you should move from simple words to more complex ones. Explanations and exercises should be gradually alternated with tasks: write words, and then ask which consonants are hard and which are soft. nine0005

Another exercise can be suggested: make tablets with words in which soft consonants are written in one color, and hard ones in another. For example:

• H O FROM And To
• K O AT Yo R
• H And SL O
• T Yo PL S Y

There are many options, but it is advisable to choose among them those that the child likes best. This contributes to a better perception of the material, its memorization and practical assimilation.

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Some interesting and useful information

• Sounds and words can be formed without human intervention. A well-known example is the pronunciation of words by birds of the parrot family. As for individual sounds, they can also appear in inanimate nature - with the rustle of leaves, gusts of wind, splashing waves. This cannot be said about letters - after all, only their meaningful spelling can be recognized as a letter designation, and this is characteristic only of people.
• Despite the small number of words consisting only of vowels, it is possible to form a sentence from them: “Hey, what about me?” nine0527
• Almost all Russian words containing the letter " f ", are of foreign origin. Only in relation to rare words (for example: owl) is Russian origin assumed, but this has not been definitely proven.
• All words starting with ”, also foreign-language. For example: iodine, yogurt, iota, Yemen, Yokohama, Yorkshire, etc.
• The letter “ ё » in words almost always carries an accent. There are very few exceptions to this rule - these are words of foreign origin ( Königsberg surfers ), as well as compound words, which include numerals of three or four - ( twenty-three-digit , four-door , three thousandth ). It should also be noted those rare situations when in one word there are two letters " ё ", one of which becomes shock, and the other - unstressed ( three-star , four-wheeled , aircraft lift , nine0097 three-rouble note ).
• There are many words in Russian with unusual letter combinations. For example, words in which the same vowel is repeated three times in a row: snake-eater , animal association , long neck . Word with 7 consonants in a row: countermeeting (perhaps occasionalism ). Words with three soft signs: seductiveness , diminutive , multifunctionality nine0098 , seduction etc. Word with two soft and one hard sign: courier . One-syllable word of 8 letters: in passing . Many other interesting examples can be cited.
• Any letter has a certain frequency of repetition, the most used letters in Russian - o , e , a , and , t , n , s , r . This phenomenon is used to recognize ciphertexts. nine0527

Knowledge of letters and sounds, their spelling and pronunciation is the basis of language literacy. In turn, a good command of the spoken and written language is one of the indicators of a person's erudition, and the skills of reading and understanding the text are the basis for learning other sciences. After all, the lion's share of information in the modern world is comprehended by reading or listening, and only a small part of it - through personal experience.

A child's acquaintance with the Russian alphabet is always a meeting with an unknown, but mysterious world, in which there are so many interesting things. nine0005

The letters of the Russian alphabet make up a whole family of 33 inhabitants!

And everyone should be remembered in their places. But the study of letters does not end there. We still have to divide them into vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed, soft and hard, deaf and voiced . And this is far from a complete classification. Let's figure out how to correctly divide the letters of the alphabet into groups.

Vowels and consonants and letters

First, let's figure out how many letters the Russian alphabet contains. There are 33 of them in total. All of them are divided into two large groups: vowels and consonants. nine0005

Only soft and hard signs we cannot attribute to any of the groups: they do not denote a sound, but serve to indicate the hardness or softness of the previous sound.

Table with cards of vowels and consonants in Russian.

Vowel sounds

Vowel sounds are pronounced easily, in a singsong voice. This is possible due to the fact that during articulation in the mouth there is no obstruction to the air flow.

How many vowels are there in Russian? - 10 letters. Vowel sounds are much less: only 6: A, O, U, Y, I, E. This difference is explained by the fact that 4 vowels are formed by merging two sounds: Ё = Y + O; E=Y+E; Yu=Y+U; I=J+A. nine0005

Stressed and unstressed

There are both stressed and unstressed vowels. Stressed vowel sounds in a word are distinguished by the voice. Thanks to stress, we understand the meaning of the word. There are words in which the meaning depends only on the placement of the stress, for example: castle - castle. Unstressed sounds are not pronounced so clearly, so we check unstressed sounds in writing with stress.

How many consonant letters and sounds are there in Russian?

There are only 21 consonants, but there are 37 sounds.

Consonants are formed due to an obstruction in the mouth during the passage of the air flow. The role of a barrier can be played by teeth, tongue, lips, depending on the nature of the barrier, consonants are divided into many groups, for example, labial, dental, etc.

Consonants are also divided into hard and soft, deaf and voiced.

Hard and soft

Hard consonants are pronounced more roughly, while soft ones sound more elegant and are softened by a nearby vowel or in writing with a soft sign. In transcription, soft sounds are indicated by a nearby apostrophe. For example, in the word HOUSE, the letter "d" sounds hard, and in the word GO - softly. Soft and hard consonants are presented in the table. nine0005

Voiceless and voiceless

Voiceless consonant sounds are pronounced without the participation of the voice, while in the formation of solid sounds the participation of the voice is necessary. Voiced and deaf sounds, as a rule, form a pair, for example: B-P, V-F, etc. There are only a few sounds that do not have a deafness-voiced pair: Щ, C, Y, R, L, M, N. presented on our website. It can be hung in the classroom, where children have begun to study the Russian alphabet in more detail. It is also quite reasonable to hang the table in a conspicuous place at home if the baby begins to learn letters. nine0005

Tables

Cartoons on the topic

In order for the kid to quickly learn the division of letters into vowels and consonants, you can offer him cartoons on this topic. On our site you will find educational cartoons dedicated to this topic.

Speech therapist. Russian alphabet

This video presents the sounds in the Russian language on the examples of onomatopoeia. This technique will allow kids to work out the clarity of pronunciation of vowels and consonants, to feel the difference in their sound more clearly. Sounds accompany bright pictures with animals and natural phenomena. You can watch the cartoon here0005

Learn and sing the Russian alphabet

This video contains the performance of the alphabet to music. The melody is pleasant, easy to remember, and the song itself is accompanied by a display of the letter and the form of its writing. This cartoon can be useful for children of any age, as it is aimed not only at remembering the order of letters, but also at practicing diction. You can watch the cartoon here. However, the authors of this cartoon break the usual stereotypes of perception. Of course, this video cannot be called a song in its entirety: rather, we will be dealing with a drawn-out pronunciation of deaf consonants. This is extremely useful for children's diction, in which defects in the pronunciation of hissing sounds are constantly visible. Turn on this cartoon to your child more often so that he corrects diction. You can watch the cartoon here0005

Voiced consonants

It is much easier to sing voiced consonants, although again we will not be dealing with singing, but with prolonged pronunciation of the sound. The voice is involved in the formation of voiced consonants, so they can be easily pronounced in a singsong voice. This cartoon invites children to practice in such a simple matter and get to know the sonorous sounds better. You can watch the cartoon here

The letters of the Russian alphabet are divided into vowels and consonants. Vowels 10, this is A E E Y O U Y E Yu Ya . Consonants 21 - B C D E F G H Y K L M N P R S T V W Y Z . There are 33 letters in total. nine0005

Letters b and b are neither vowels nor consonants.

Spend time with your child in an interesting and useful way. We wish you success.

How to play with a child using letter cards?

Game number 1. Name the letter.

Before you start playing this game, introduce your child to a few letters.

You show the child a card with a letter, and he says what letter is written. For the correct answer, the child receives a token. At the end of the game there is a prize. Please note that vowels are written in red, and consonants are written in blue. nine0005

Tell the child that there are vowels and consonants. Vowel sounds are easy to sing, shout, pronounce. Nothing interferes in the mouth - neither lips nor tongue. Let the child guess what the vowel sound is in the words: poppy, forest, cat, house, etc.

And consonants. When pronouncing them in the mouth, something constantly interferes - either the lips or the tongue. Play, let the child name the consonants that he hears: day, meadow, juice, poppy, etc.

Use this game to learn all the letters of the alphabet. nine0005

Game number 2. Name words starting with a given letter.

Suggest any letter that the child knows and take turns saying words starting with that letter. Now let the child choose the letter, come up with words again, continue the same way.

Game number 3. Who says so?

Before starting the game, choose one card with a letter that starts with a consonant (eg m). Next to this letter, put a letter denoting a vowel sound (for example, "a"). nine0005

At first, do not push the child and insist that he read more syllables. Focus on the question: "Who says so?" The child must answer which animal gives a voice like that.

Give a chip for each correct answer. Over time, the game can be played in a group of children and a competition can be organized, who will quickly and correctly name the proposed syllables.

Game number 4. Change the vowel.

In this game, the first letter, the consonant, remains unchanged, while the letters that represent the vowel sound change. For example: ma, mo, mu, mi, me, we, me. Then the first letter can be replaced (the child can choose the letter himself) and continue reading. nine0005

Game 5. Change the consonant.

In this game, the first letter remains unchanged - the vowel, and the letters that represent the consonant sound change. For example: am, an, hell, av, ash, ar, at. Then the first letter can be replaced (the child can choose the letter himself) and continue reading.

Game number 6. Funny letter combinations.

This game is probably the most difficult at this stage of learning, because the child needs to read letter combinations that consist only of consonants (fl, zv, kr, sl, st, br, ch, pl, chl, zm, kr, dv , sk, sq). To interest the child, invite him to choose the funniest letter combination from those that he reads. nine0005

Game 7. Create a syllable.

Using the letter cards, ask your child to write the syllable you name. For a correctly completed task, the child receives a token.

A competition with prizes can be organized in a group of children. The first person to create a syllable will receive a token. At the end of the game, according to the number of chips received, the winner is selected, who receives a prize.

Game number 8. Put the word together.

Using cards with letters, you need to add a word of three, and later of four or five letters, invented by a partner in the game. For example, you named the word "garden", and the child must put it together from letters. Then vice versa, the child calls a word of three letters, and you add it up. be sure to ask the child to check whether you completed the task correctly. For the sake of interest and to test attentiveness, sometimes make mistakes. Let the child identify them. Each correctly spelled word is rewarded with a chip. Whoever gets the most chips wins. nine0005

Bright, colorful cards with letters of the Russian alphabet.

1. А а a
2. B b bae
3. in ve
4. G g GE
5. D d de
6. E e e
7. yo yo yo
8. F zhe
9. W w ze
10. Both and
11. y y and short
12. K to ka
13. L l el
14. M m em
15. N n en
16. O o about
17. P p pe
18. R p er
19. C es
20. T t te
21. at
22. F f ef
23. x x ha
24. C c ce
25. H h Che
26. W w sha
27. u u shcha
28. b solid mark
29. s s
30. b soft sign
31. uh e
32. yu yu yu
33. I am i

42 sounds
6 vowels		36 consonants
[a] [i] [o] [y] [s] [e]		Paired		Unpaired
Drums	Unimpacted	voiced	Deaf	voiced	Deaf nine0265
		[b] [b"] [c] [c"] [g] [g"] [d] [d"] [g] [w] [w"]	[p] [p"] [f] [f"] [k] [k"] [t] [t"] [w] [s] [s"]	[th"] [l] [l"] [m] [m"] [n] [n"] [r] [r"]	[x] [x"] [c] [h"] [u"]
		Paired		Unpaired
		Hard	Soft	Hard	Soft
		[b] [c] [g] [d] [w] [c] [l] [m] [n] [p] [r] [s] [t] [f] [x]	[b"] [c"] [g"] [d"] [w"] [k"] [l"] [m"] [n"] [p" ] [p "] [s"] [t"] [f"] [x"]	[W] [C] [W]	[th"] [h"] [w"]

What is the difference between letters and sounds

Sound is elastic vibrations in a medium. We hear sounds and can create them, among other things, with the help of the speech apparatus (lips, tongue, etc.).

A letter is a symbol of the alphabet. It has an uppercase (excl., ь and ъ) and a lowercase version. Often a letter is a graphic representation of the corresponding speech sound. We see and write letters. So that the pronunciation features do not affect the letter, spelling rules have been developed that determine which letters should be used in the word in question. The exact pronunciation of a word can be found in the phonetic transcription of the word, which is shown in square brackets in dictionaries. nine0005

Vowel letters and sounds

Vowel sounds (“voice” is the Old Slavonic “voice”) are the sounds [a], [i], [o], [u], [s], [e], when creating which the vocal cords participate, and no barrier is erected in the way of the exhaled air. These sounds are sung: [aaaaaa] , [iiiiii] ...

Vowel sounds are denoted by the letters a, e, e, and, o, u, s, e, u, i. The letters e, e, u, i are called iotized. They denote two sounds, the first of which is [th "], when

1. are the first in a phonetic word e le[th" uh l "e] (3 letters, 4 sounds) e shche [th" and sh"o] (3 letters, 4 sounds) yo w[th" about ́ш] (2 letters, 3 sounds) YU la [th" at l "a] (3 letters, 4 sounds) I block [th" a blaka] (6 letters, 7 sounds) I testicle [th" and ich "ka] (5 letters, 6 sounds) nine0527
2. followed by vowels avian d [pt "itsy" uh ́т] (7 letters, 8 sounds) her [yy" about ́] (2 letters, 4 sounds) Kayu ta [kai" at ta] (5 letters, 6 sounds) blue [blue" a ] (5 letters, 6 sounds)
3. followed by ь and ъ ve zd [vy" uh st] (5 letters, 5 sounds) rise m [fall" about m] (6 letters, 6 sounds) pour [l "th" at ́] (3 letters, 3 sounds) wings [wing "th" a ] (6 letters, 6 sounds)

The letter and also denotes two sounds, the first of which is [й"], when

1. follows after ь nightingales [salav "th" and ́] (7 letters, 7 sounds) nine0527

In a word, vowels highlighted during pronunciation are called stressed, and not highlighted - unstressed. Stressed sounds are most often both heard and written. To check what kind of letter you need to put in a word, you should choose a single-root word in which the desired unstressed sound will be stressed.

Be thick [b" igu sch "y"] - be g [b" e to] th ra [gara ] - th ry [go ry]

Two words united by a single stress make one phonetic word. nine0005

To the garden [fsat]

There are as many syllables in a word as there are vowels. The division of a word into syllables may not correspond to the division during transfer.

e -yo (2 syllables) then -chka (2 syllables) about -de -va - be (4 syllables)

Consonant letters and sounds

Consonant sounds are sounds that create a barrier in the way of exhaled air.

Voiced consonants are pronounced with the voice, and voiceless consonants without it. The difference is easy to hear in paired consonants, for example, [n] - [b], when pronouncing which the lips and tongue are in the same position. nine0005

Soft consonants are pronounced with the participation of the middle part of the tongue and are indicated in transcription by an apostrophe " what happens when the consonants

1. are always soft [th"] , [h"] , [u"] ah [ah" ] (2 letters, 2 sounds) ray [beam" ] (3 letters, 3 sounds) bream [l "esch" ] (3 letters, 3 sounds)
2. follow before the letters e, e, and, u, i, b (excl., always solid [g], [c], [w] and in borrowed words) stranded [m" el" ] (4 letters, 3 sounds) aunt [t" from" a] (4 letters, 4 sounds) people [l" oud" and] (4 letters, 4 sounds) life [w yz "n"] (5 letters, 4 sounds) circus [c] yrk] (4 letters, 4 sounds) neck [w eya] (3 letters, 4 sounds) pace [t emp] (4 letters, 4 sounds) nine0527
3. followed by soft consonants (some cases) pancake [bl "in" h "ik]

The rest of the consonants will mostly be hard.

Hissing consonants include sounds [g], [w], [h"], [u"]. Speech therapists rule their pronunciation penultimately: the tongue must be strong and flexible in order to resist exhaled air and be held against the palate in the shape of a cup. Vibrating [p] and [p"] are always last in line.

Does a schoolboy need phonetics?

Without division into vowels, consonants, stressed, unstressed, of course, it is impossible. But transcription is a clear overkill.

Speech therapists must know the phonetic parsing of words and probably it can be useful to foreigners.

For students (from grade 1!), who have not yet mastered the rules of spelling, a rather in-depth study of phonetics only interferes, confuses and contributes to incorrect memorization of the spelling of words. It is “back” that the child will associate with the pronounced “run”.

Russian alphabet. Letters of the Russian language: vowels and consonants

• Sounds and letters
• Alphabet
• Russian letters
• Block and capital letters

Sounds and letters

Speech sounds are indicated by letters in writing. We hear and pronounce sounds, but we see and write letters.

The letter is a written sign that denotes a certain sound. The same letter can represent different sounds. For example, the letter Г in the word , the circle denotes the sound [g], and in the word the circle denotes the sound [k].

Alphabet

Russian alphabet or А ́ zbuka - these are all the letters of the Russian language, located in a strictly defined sequence, called alphabetical order . Each letter has a unique style that distinguishes it from other letters.

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Russian alphabet with letter numbers

Yaya (i)33

Letters of the Russian language

Letters are large (capital, uppercase) : L, M, T - and small (lowercase) : l, m, t . Each letter has its own serial number , indicating which number this letter is in alphabetical order, for example: A - 1, R - 18, I - 33.

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