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Syllabication

Syllabication is the process of cutting words into syllables. Learners who have reading difficulties, study English as a Second or Foreign language often struggle with blending longer words with confidence and prosody. Learning syllabication enables reading with correct word stress, intonation, vowel sounds with cadence and clarity.

Syllabus

  1. Properties of Syllables

  2. 6 Syllable types

  3. rising and falling stress

  4. vowels in unstressed syllables

  5. Marking long and short vowels

  6. 12 Syllabication patterns

  • vc|cv

  • vc|cv-c-e

  • vc|cy

  • vr|cv

  • v|cv

  • v|cv-c-e

  • v|cy

  • v|cv

  • vc|c-l-e

  • vc|fss

  • v|v

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