I would like to bring attention to the importance of learning phonics. Phonics? I know, many might look at this situation as the perfect time to argue that phonics is useless and teaching sight words is more useful, but I beg to differ.
The Indiana student was obviously unfamiliar with Greek mythology so he relied on his phonetic knowledge in an attempt to sound out the unfamiliar word. In his attempt he pronounced Achilles, /ā-chil-es/, however the correct pronunciation is \ə-ˈki-lēz\.
Two lessons here, first in the name Achilles, the A makes the /ə/ sound. The /ə/ is referred to as schwa and sounds like this:
- 'a', as in about [əˈbaʊt]
- 'e', as in taken [ˈtʰeɪkən]
- 'i', as in pencil [ˈpʰɛnsəl]
- 'o', as in eloquent [ˈɛləkʰwənt]
- 'u', as in supply [səˈpʰlaɪ]
- 'y', as in sibyl [ˈsɪbəl]
Second lesson, "ch" can make the "k" sound. Here are 50 words in which "ch" sounds like "k"
ache
anchor
archeology
architect
archive
backache
bronchitis
chameleon
chaos
character
charisma
charismatic
chasm
chemical
chemistry
chemotherapy
chlorine
choir
chord
choreography
chorus
Christ
Christian
Christmas
chrome
chronic
chronological
echo
earache
headache
mechanic
monarchy
orchestra
orchid
psychiatrist
psychiatry
psycho
psychologist
psychology
schedule
scheme
scholar
school
stomach
synchronize
toothache
technician
technique
technology
zucchini
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