tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post4382812064370396083..comments2024-02-28T05:25:12.859-05:00Comments on English, Jack: Phonemics as the new thing in language testingBretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-24995128346795348812009-05-12T15:58:00.000-05:002009-05-12T15:58:00.000-05:00Not necessarily, but I would say you need a partic...Not necessarily, but I would say you need a particular reason to do so. For example, literacy instruction would be a place where focus on individual phonemes would probably be a good idea.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-13675909131023453392009-05-12T15:20:00.000-05:002009-05-12T15:20:00.000-05:00Davies seems to be saying that testing students on...Davies seems to be saying that testing students on phoneme discrimination is useless. Does this mean that it's a waste of time to even teach the phonemes of English?goofyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760721504519661112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-75244780390325078212009-05-11T15:41:00.000-05:002009-05-11T15:41:00.000-05:00Hey, phonemes are boring to learn about. Morpheme...Hey, phonemes are boring to learn about. Morphemes are better. It's great that this is a new thing, but I wouldn't teach it. Is this what you are teaching?Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01337344664298471892noreply@blogger.com