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1. Languagelab 4.3
Master Visual & Auditory
Skills

2. Auditory Blending &
Segmenting
Auditory Blending and Segmenting means
the joining and separating of letter
sounds.
3 sounds join – or blend – to form the word
'light':
/l/ + /igh/ + /t/ = light
'Bird' can be separated
Bird = /b/ + /ir/ + /d/
They are the exact opposite of one another.

3. Auditory Segmenting
Let's take these words and segment them,
splitting them into its phonemes:
cat = /c/ , /a/ , /t/
sun = /s/ , /u/ , /n/
pan = /p/ , /a/ , /n/
fan = /f/ , /a/ , /n/
hot = /h/ , /o/ , /t/

4. Auditory Blending
We can also take the phonemes and blend
them, combining them into words:
/c/ , /a/ , /t/ = cat
/s/ , /u/ , /n/ = sun
/p/ , /a/ , /n/ = pan
/f/ , /a/ , /n/ = fan
/h/ , /o/ , /t/ = hot
Blending and segementing are direct
opposites.

5. Auditory Discrimination
Another important auditory skill in the
study of phonemes is Auditory
Discrimination.
This means whether you can say the word
without some phonemes:
Sunlight without 'sun'?
Studying without 'ing'?
Teacher without 'er'?
Hotpan without 'pan'?

6. Syllable
To discriminate well, so you can spell
better, is the idea of a syllable.
A syllable is the next bigger unit of speech
sound in a word which contains a vowel
phoneme, creating a beat.
In the earlier example,
'light' has three sounds:
'light' = /l/ + /igh/ + /t/ . . . AND
Only one syllable, one beat.

7. Phonemes & Syllables
Word Phonemes Syllables (no.)
ladder /l/ /a/ /dd/ /er/ lad –
der (2)
dolphin /d/ /o/ /l/ /ph/ /i/ /n/ dol –
phin (2)
baby /b/ /a/ /b/ /y/ ba – by (2)
tiger /t/ /i/ /g/ /er/ ti – ger (2)
car /c/ /ar/ car (1)
bed /b/ /e/ /d/ bed (1)
Note that each syllable must contain ONE

8. Auditory Skills
With blending, segmenting and
discrimination, you can spell a word easily.
Rest . au . rant (syllables)
/r/ , /e/ , /s/ , /t/ , /au/ , /r/ , /a/ ,
/n/ , /t/ (phonemes)
Ex . cur . sion (syllables)
/ex/ , /c/ , /ur/ , /si/ , /o/ , /n/
(phonemes)

9. Learning Activity 1
Can you split these words into their
syllables?
Examinations
Surprise
Happiness
Creative
Singapore
Remember that syllables are beats in a word.

10. Learning Activity 1 Answers
The syllables are:
Examinations – ex . am . in . a . tion
Surprise – sur . prise
Happiness – ha . ppi . ness
Creative – cre . a . tive
Singapore – sing . a . pore
Remember that syllables are beats in a
word.

11. Learning Activity 2
Can you split these words into their
phonemes?
Examinations
Surprise
Happiness
Creative
Singapore
Hint: Use syllables to help you split.

12. Learning Activity 2 Answers
The phonemes are:
Examinations – /ex/,/a/,/m/,
/i/,/n/,/a/,/ti/,/o/,/n/
Surprise – /s/,/ur/,/p/,/r/,/i/,/se/
Happiness –
/h/,/a/,/pp/,/i/,/n/,/e/,/ss/
Creative – /c/,/r/,/e/,/a/,/t/,/i/,/ve/
Singapore – /s/,/i/,/ng/,/a/,/p/,/ore/

13. Learning Milestones
What are the three auditory skills?
How does auditory skills help us?

14. Learning Milestones Check
They are auditory segmenting, blending and
discrimination.
It helps us to read and spell a word correctly
with the skill of splitting words into their
syllables and phonemes.

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