What Is A Phoneme? 7 Things You Need To Know

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There are lots of terms in phonics that can make trying to teach it a bit confusing. I get to the bottom of what a phoneme actually is, with a simple definition. Then I list the 7 most important things that you need to know if you are going to teah phonemes to young children.

Teaching phonemes is a crucial part of early phonics. Also, they are quite easy to teach! You just need to know a few points and you will be up and running.

[Anna-kwix]

I will recommend this channel to students preparing for their teaching certifications and teachers. Thanks!

[saramccurdy]

Thank you for the explanation. I am working on my Masters degree in ELL and cannot believe I went this long without knowing what a phoneme is 😬 .

[dianasaucedo]

I am working on my Bachelors and this is the first time I have learned about phonemes. This video is so simple yet made is so clear to me. Thank you

[jennifernunez]

I don’t know how I found you but I think you’re awesome. My mother was an English teacher and my father was an aeronautical engineer so I had no escape. I was speaking extremely early. I was less than year old & speaking full sentences that were more than four or five words. I think it’s pretty obvious at this point. I just did what my mom did when I had my son. I just read to him and spoke to him like he was an adult and he was speaking before he was a year old. He used to love it when I clap out longer words. Syllables were always fun. I wasn’t trying to be primitive by being caveman about it. Babies already have the sounds down it’s just forming the words that take time. People need to get off their phones and just start reading to their kids and make up stories and be silly but speak clearly. One fun game we used to do on Sunday nights was watch the bravo channel and they would put on silent movies and before he could read we would make up our own dialogue for what we were seeing. It was so much fun and so funny. I loved it because he got to be himself and so did I. Our Sunday nights together were some of the best nights. Thank you so much for being here✨🧚🏽🎶

[huyhuchartk]

Thank you very much for the clip. As a EFL teacher I can say it is a very clear, usefull, and right to the point explanation.

[abyguiroy]

Thankyouuuu! Your explanation was THE foundation of my confusing bits of info about phoneme. THis grounded my understanding! Thankyouuu!

[LeticiaBartha]

That was a crystal clear explanation of what a phoneme is! Thank you so much!

[LearnPublicSpeaking]

Thanks for a great video. This is realy great for helping people with public speaking skills, especially if they have english as a second language. Getting pronunciations right, and clear, is so important.🌟

[marklauano]

Thank u so much I needed this for my homework

[mdmobashshirulhaque]

Do you have video on English phonemes pronunciation

[tomcook]

Wow I am doing spelling that helped me a lot!

[pratibhabhandari]

I really enjoyed your video. By the way I am trying to learn 44 sounds of English. It has been a daunting task for me cuz I was not born in a English speaking country.

[hidayahadnan]

Omgg very good explanation and really helpful. Thank you so much sir!

[LouiseLanguage]

Great video! I really enjoyed this and learnt alot. Thank you :) I subbed

[saidfarid]

Hello dear teacher
Thank you so much for your help and advice, i do appreciate your job.I wish you peace and happness under the sky of prosperity. Take care and have a good time. All the best.
Your Student from Algeria.

[nathanhoward]

Thank you for teching me to no what a phoneme is.

[PoseyLane]

I am looking at my test score under "generating words from a phonemic category" and I had zero clue what pheonomic meant - thank you for this video. ❤

[helenhiltonpadilla]

Thank you very much!! So clear and easy

[PhDme]

You're awesome. This video was extremely helpful 😊

[roberttemple]

I just learned of the word phoneme today on the americant TV show Jeopardy!. I have an interest in language[s]. I have come to think I think homophonically, sometimes. That spawns puns and such. Zeroing in on the sounds in language and their written associations seemed to be a naturally evolving knack as I learned Portugues in the state of Bahia, Brasil. I haven't been there since 2010, though I have retained the idiom, like it's tattoooed to my soul. Seeing your clip here makes me want to know more about other tongues such as the unusual Khoisan languages. I wonder if they say "Click down below to subscribe".