ABSTRACT
Speech-language therapists often teach students to feel what their mouths are doing while they make sounds as a way of correcting articulation and strengthening weak phonological awareness (PA) skills. Developing students’ conscious awareness of phonemes and syllables establishes a processing base that is reliable, self-monitoring and allows independence. Once students have had some practice in identifying the different ways their mouths make sounds, this information can then be used to establish and correct reading and writing. Most students learn to identify syllables through the mere act of clapping. Some with low PA, however, need more explicit instruction. Some students confuse phonemes with syllables. Additional to the visualising exercises earlier, students can also perform the same tasks with real, three-dimensional magnetic tiles.
