If something is an obligation, then you don't have free choice. Obligations infer bound duties, commitments, responsibilities, imperatives, contracts, agreements, deals, transactions, and more.
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CHOICE and OBLIGATION, as taught per phonics/ABC Logic: sounding-out letters
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg
Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp
Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
(choice)
Digraph-CH + Variant Vowel + Soft-C
Digraph is a combination of two letters representing one sound.
Variant vowels are the various letter groupings that produce a specific vowel sound.
Soft-c is a letter "c" which is not pronounced as a velar stop, but as a sibilant.
ch oi ce
(obligation)
Short-O
Short-o is the vowel sound in hop, top, mop, tot, pot, and lot.
BL-Blend + Short-I
Short-i is not Long-i.
Hard-G + Long-A
Hard-g is not heard in gem, giraffe and generation.
Long-a is not Short-a.
?-T + Schwa + N-Sound
?-t is the first letter of suffix to form nouns of action; obligate < obligation
Schwa is the unstressed central vowel of a syllable.
N-sound is the sound Letter Nn makes.
ob li ga tion
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CHOICE and OBLIGATION, as taught per HSSR/VC Logic: spelling-out sounds
C20/ch V14/oi_e C28/c
ch oi c e
V03/o
C17+37/bl V04/i
C23/g V06/a
C30/t V04/io C34/n
o bli ga tion
Which of the two methods has the most veracity and economy? Yes, it is MAP pronunciations with explicit sound-spellings!! Unfortunately, school teachers are often obligated to use phonics ABC Logic.
Hang on each vowel sound, no matter how (or even if) it is spelled-out.
Train your ear to hear vowel sounds within blended syllables, words, phrases, sentences.
C38/rh V02/y RHY
C27/th V04/- C33/m THM
V04/o C25/f OF
C28+16/sp V10/ee C20/ch SPEECH Rhythm of Speech I love to hear the rhythm of speech!
When we think in sounds...
We hear focus whole phrase
We hear the focus word(s)
We parse individual vowel units and listen for the rhythm
We identify, add, and blend consonants and vowels into syllables
These simple graphite-in-wood tools help me practice sound-spellings or craft improvised disquisitions to be delivered by Google's awesome blogger app. I own bundles of pencils, framed collections of pencils, cups of pencils and bagfuls of pencils to-go.
The video below, published on Jun 20, 2015, describes very invasive technology which is hopefully obsolete. In any case, I'm sticking with pencils.
After cutting the person's head open, Rajamanickam says "continuously spoken speech can be DECODED into the expressed words." I have questions. Expressed by voice? Expressed by text? Why did he say decode and not encode?
intracranial activity is measured by needles which record signals from a person's neurons
electrocorticographic ECoG recordings ENCODE directly into written words on the screen
His process allegedly bypasses the person's oral articulations while they read aloud pre-selected texts.
Wouldn't it have been easier (and much less invasive to the human skull) to simply teach the computer the uniform universe of sound-spellings, then listen to the person's spoken language while they read aloud from pre-selected text, and then with machine learning algorithms extract the most likely translations for word sequences to be printed on the screen?
Fun facts from various Google searches:
The electromagnetic spectrum includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, x-rays and gamma rays.
Gamma waves are the fastest of brain patterns (neural oscillation) in humans, implicated in creating the unity of conscious perception, and relating to simultaneous processing of information from different brain areas.
The mind must be quiet to access gamma. Humans are known to increase gamma-waves with relaxed breathing, meditation, music, mantras and other mind-calming practices.
Gamma rays are produced by the hottest and most energetic objects in our universe, such as neutron stars and pulsars, supernova explosions, and regions around black holes.
Gamma waves are used in medicine to treat internal organs, to kill cancer cells, to sterilize medical equipment, and in radioactive tracers.
I look forward to the day we can get much different Google search results.
[sound map] def.
Sound maps are digital geographical maps that put emphasis on the sonic representation of a specific location. Sound maps are created by associating landmarks (streets in a city, train stations, stores, pathways, factories, oil pumps, etc.) and soundscapes.
Key aspects of sociability are derived from skills that help children understand and express feelings and behaviors in ways that facilitate positive relationships. These aspects include self-regulation, active listening, cooperation, and effective communication.
Other-oriented emotions are elicited by and congruent with the perceived welfare of someone in need. It entails having a positive regard or a non-fleeting concern for the other person.
We have plenty of evidence that ABC Logic is still happening.
pho • nics (n.)
a method of teaching people to read by correlating sounds with letters or groups of letters in an alphabetic writing system
The phonics definition above gives equal gravity to sounds and letters. In day to day application, however, phonics is not neutral. Phonics grants much greater attention to the alphabet.
Correlation is not causation. Sounds and letters are not equal. Sounds rule!!
People ask, What is an example of phonics?
ABC Logic says "learning the sounds that groups of lettersmake when spoken."
VC Logic knows that spoken language never originates with alphabet letters.
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vow • el (n.)
a speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, and which is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms the nucleus of a syllable
a letter representing a vowel sound, such as a, e, i, o, u
Huge mistake!! Letters a, e, i, o, u are sound-spellings, not vowels. Vowel ≠ Letter
People ask, What words have all 5 vowels?
ABC Logic lists the word EDUCATION and others because they contain lettersa, e, i, o, u.
VC Logic understands that English has more than 5 vowels and that the word EDUCATION contains 4 vowel units – [V04] [V05] [V06] [C39+V09] – one per syllable. Here are the sound-spellings.
[V01]
[V02]
[V03]
V04/io = e • du • ca • tion
V05/e = e • du • ca • tion
V06/a = e • du • ca • tion
[V07]
[V08]
[V09]
C39+V09/u = e • du • ca • tion
[V10]
[V11]
[V12]
[V13]
[V14]
[V15]
[C39+V15]
VC Logic never says "long" or "short" letter.
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con • so • nant (n.)
a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable
People ask, What are the 21 consonants?
ABC Logic/phonics answers with letters: B C D F G H J K L M N O Q R S T V X Z.
Jennifer Hamady is now learning "sight-reading" even though she already is a well-educated, accomplished musician. What is she learning?
I come from the context of elementary education. I am perplexed because – in my WordsAhead world – the phrase "sight-reading" means an act of putting unknown text (preferably with no picture clues) in front of a person who lacks prior knowledge of speech sounds and sound-spellings: READ THIS! "Sight-reading" is a controversial strategy to implement the philosophy called whole language.
The words "sight-reading" might mean different things to an elementary school teacher and to a musician. If so, how?
Wikipedia says sight-reading, also called prima vista (Italian meaning "at first sight"), is the reading and performing of a piece of music or song in music notation that the performer has not seen before.
Try it. Turn off the sound in the video below. SEE what you understand as the pages turn (7 times).
Note: it's an advantage if you've already experienced the movie, La La Land, and even more privilege if you listen to this delightful music regularly on your playlist.
"Sigh-reading" the La La Land score was NOT a breeze for me. Whatever I could do was because I bring to the challenge some prior knowledge. My childhood home was filled with music. I had several years of piano lessons in elementary grades. I played B-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet and enjoyed more than a decade of band performances. I sang in church for decades, both congregationally and in the choir.
I believe all our prior knowledge (and the more subtle things Jennifer explains) will prime us for the capacity to "sight-read" complicated compositions. Yet, it takes practice to become a master.
Reading music and reading text-on-a-page have many skills in common.
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Christopher Sutton, Director, Musical U offers insights into relevant musical skills.
We start learning music because we want to just pick up our instrument and play, freely and easily. We want to bring out our own music, not just play the notes we're told to. We want to instinctively understand how music works when we hear it. We want to feel like a "natural" musician. We want to be fearless in music, with unshakeable confidence in any musical situation. We want to become the real musician we feel inside ourselves.
Along with information posted at the free site Dave Conservatoire, here are topics of interest:
V01/a active listening
V01/a jamming with other musicians
V01/a clapping along in time with music
V01/a staff and clefs
V02/i improvising
V02/i interval ear training; intervals
V02/i instruments: voice, keyboard, guitar, bass, etc.
V02/i pitch
V02/i timbre
V02/i singing in tune
V02/y syncopation
V02/y rhythm
V03/o polyrhythms
V03/o common chord progressions
V03/o song writing
V03/o solfege
V03/e ensembles
V04/u understanding music theory
V05/e Pentatonic Scale
V05/e tempo
V05/e clefs and staff
V05/e melodies
V05/ea measures/bars
V06/a cadences
V06/ay playing chords by ear
V06/ay playing a song using just the simplified "lead sheet" or "chord chart"
V06/ay playing more than one instrument
V07/i_e time signatures
V07/i_e write < writ(-)(ing) = writing
V07/i minor keys
V07/i minor chord progressions
V07/i writing musical notation
V07/igh sight-reading; perform directly without rehearsal
V07/y dynamics and articulation
V08/o Dorian Mode; Kodály
V08/o chords and chord progressions
V08/o form
V08/ow knowing my instruments, inside and out
V09/u_e tune < tun(-)(ing) = tuning
V09/ue blues music
V09/u tuning my instrument by ear, without other tools
C39+V09/u music history
V10/e creating original music
V10/ea hearing a series of notes and playing them back without written music
V10/ea reading musical notation
V10/ey key signatures
V11/a articulation and dynamics
V11/a talking about music, knowing the right concepts and words to use
Google excels when helping us communicate with each other.
I'd love to see their excellent presentation (pictured above) showing VIEWABILITY RATES for explicit sound-spellings. Google's sound-spelling rankings could reflect current reality based on precise data.
Alert: I don't have actual data; the following graph rankings are fake.
[V04]
V04/a ================================================= ex. America
V04/io ============================================= ex. nation
V04/e ========================================== ex. the
V04/u ======================================== ex. much
V04/o ====================================== ex. from
V04/ou ==================================== ex. young
V04/o_e ================================= ex. love
V04/u_e ============================= ex. judge
V04/oe ========================= ex. does
V04/au_e =================== ex. because
V04/oo =============== ex. flood
V04/o_ue ========== ex. tongue
V04/ia ======== ex. special
Some secrets are valid, yet unknown or unrecognized methods.
What are those secrets that will benefit us whenever they finally become open and known?
What things are meant to be known even if not yet forthcoming, overtly public knowledge?
Fun Fact: Google search yielded more than 7 billion results
My beloved and I don't celebrate THE day. We celebrate EVERY day.
Perhaps when we retire, we will play even more...
V01/a Balboa Park, San Diego
V01/a jazz concert
V01/a family time (local, distant)
V01/a Hand-n-Foot table game
V01/a National Park trip
V01/a_e dance lessons
V02/i picnic
V02/i dinner at a new restaurant
V02/i minature golf
V02/i_e vineyard tour
V03/o college class (audit; no pressure)
V03/o fondue party
V03/o volunteerism
V04/u drumming class
V04/u lunch at a new restaurant
V04/a aquarium
V04/a casino play
V04/o Botanic Garden
V05/e exercise class
V05/e desert trip (Phoenix or Las Vegas)
V05/ea breakfast at a new restaurant
V06/a_e baseball game
V06/a_e Phase 10 table game
V06/a table games (other)
V06/ai painting class
V06/ai fair
V07/i_e ice cream
V07/i_e hike (short, flat)
V08/o_e home improvements
V08/o_e horse racing – live or satellite
V08/o photo shoot
V08/o stroll along the harbor
V08/oa road trip (anywhere)
V08/ow bowling
V09/u Uno table game
V09/o movie
V09/oo zoo
C39+V09/u music concert (any kind)
C39+V09/u museums
V10/e theatre (live, stage)
V10/e_e theme park (Legoland)
V10/ea beach party with campfire
V10/i piano class
V11/a art creations (any kind)
V11/a arcade
V11/a gardening
V11/a water park
V11/a walking tour
V12/oo cooking class
V13/ou outdoor anything
V13/ou mountain trip (Palomar, Big Bear or Arrowhead)
Tossing Letter Oo changes [V13] FOUNDATIONS into Wilson's trademarked Tier 1 Level [V04] FUNDATIONS. Fun... until WA introduces a foundational buzzkill. Wilson Language Training, along with most other recognized leaders in educational products, use ABC Logic.
How absurd if we tried to redact speech sounds while our babies learn to speak: "Don't say that now. You can say that next year." Why do we agree to redact foundational sound-spelling data while our youngsters learn to read?
Mistake? Inadvertence? I believe it is excusable neglect due to our conventionally blind devotion to the alphabet. Teachers and parents rely on comprehensive information, yet all letter-based protocols will inherently delimit perception and wrongly distort information. Letters are not sounds; letters spell-out the smallest units of what we say.
Please disambiguate.
V01/a apple
V02/i itch
V03/o octopus
V04/u up
V05/e Ed
[V06] redacted even though kids can say "cane"
[V07] redacted even though kids can say "kite"
[V08] redacted even though kids can say "cone"
[V09] redacted even though kids can say "tube"
[C39+V09] redacted even though kids can say "fuse" and "use"
[V10] redacted even though kids can say "feet"
[V11] redacted even though kids can say "ball"
[V12] redacted even though kids can say "hook"
[V13] redacted even though kids can say "down"
[V14] redacted even though kids can say "boy"
[V15] redacted even though kids can say "girl"
[C39+V15] redacted even though kids can say "pure"
C16/p plum
C17/b bat
C18/t top
C19/d dog
C20/ch chin
C21/j jug
C22/c cat C22/k kite C22/ck sock
C22+28/x fox
C22+36/qu queen
C23/g game
[C23+29] redacted – yet kids can say "exit" and "exact"
C24/f fun
C25/v van
C26/th thumb
[C27] redacted – yet kids can say "this, that, those..."
C28/s snake
C29/z zebra C29/s cars
C30/sh ship
[C31] redacted – yet kids can say "treasure" and "vision"
C32/h hat
C33/man
C34/n nut
[C35] redacted – yet kids can say "wing"
C36/w wind
C32+36/wh whistle
C37/l lamp
[V12+C37] redacted – yet kids can say "Google"
C38/r rat
C39/y yellow
Common errors while employing ABC Logic:
Wrongly using an alphabet chart to teach speech sounds
Wrongly teaching that letters say sounds ("Letter Aa says [V01]")
Wrongly labeling sounds as hard-letters, soft-letters, long-letters, short-letters
Wrongly teaching that 2 letters make 1 sound; sounds, in fact, make spellings
Maria Beeman-Rygalski's theses and dissertation for Rowan University, Reading Pedagogy in Today's Classroom, documented several classrooms which enthusiastically use FUNDATIONS.
One teacher believes her responsibility is "to make modifications so that students learn the material or skills taught." For better pronunciation, spelling and reading, use VC Logic, please!!
Another teacher believes that "one strategy cannot be viewed as better than another." Please rethink and reset!!
Cu = Copper
Ag = Silver
S = Sulfer
Sn = Tin
Au = Gold
Pb = Lead
Hg = Mercury
C = Carbon
Fe = Iron
V02/i discovery of protons and elemental isotopes (1913)
V02/y synthesis of radioactive elements (1955)
V03/o popular version of table in textbook (1920)
V03/o concentrating urine to get phosphorus (1669)
V04/u unstable actinide elements (1955)
V04/u fundamental "elements" (Middle Ages)
V05/e Mendeleev's prediction of missing elements (1869) – Father of Periodic Table
V05/e jettison light and heat from the table (1789)
V05/e general consensus to order elements by weight (1864)
V05/e metallic iron (ancient times)
V07/i isolation of gasses (1770s)
V08/o noble gasses (1890)
V09/ou groupings (1789)
V15/ur turning point (1770s)
V15/urr current layout of periodic table (2016)
Some scientists think that the table's periodicity could break down as atoms get larger. If that happens, the periodic table could need reshaping once more.
Back Home Industries was founded, according to Wanda's own testimony, because she did not have a clue as to the sounds letters represented and needed to find answers. After she studied under Romalda Spalding, Wanda developed materials which have become very popular with homeschool moms, and now she trains educators coast to coast in phonics.
The Spalding Method trains more than 2,000 teachers each year. Spalding Education International is based in Phoenix, AZ. The Writing Road to Reading was first published in 1957.
Based on Spalding, Sanseri's SWR (Spell to Write and Read) phonograms in this video are taught "See-Say" ABC Logic as follows:
