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Seminar: Helping Children Hear And Work With Sounds In English – Part A
June 14 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free
Learn how children develop the listening skills they need before they can learn to read. This special 2-part seminar, presented by Partners In Micro Development (PIMD), will show you how to teach young learners to hear and work with the sounds in spoken English – a key pre-reading skill called phonological awareness.
No registration needed – just join us on Zoom with choice of English, Tamil, or Sinhala audio.
Attend both sessions and receive:
✓ A PDF copy of the presentation slides
✓ A starter pack of sound awareness lesson plans you can use immediately!
PART A: Understanding Sound Awareness in English
Date: Saturday 14th June
Time: 3.30 pm Sri Lanka
Join on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84845771928?pwd=bIcdjIu34Aslrnla6O3S7W1JgGgXhX.1
Meeting ID: 848 4577 1928
Passcode: 121816
In this first session, we introduce the concept of phonological awareness and show why it is a vital first step in learning to read.
- What does it mean to be aware of sounds in spoken English?
- Why children must learn to hear and work with sounds before they can learn to read
- How to improve your own pronunciation of English sounds