Developing Speech and Language Skills - Noel's ESL eBook Library

Phoneme FactoryFurther activitiesThe above activities are only a few of those that you can use to help the child who isworking on the ‘gliding’ error pattern. Many of the activities can be used with differentpairs of words. Other word pairs and pictures can be found under ‘Gliding’ in ‘Pairs andsets’ on the CD, pages 51–2.Specific activities to help children use the sounds ‘l’ and ‘r’ in wordsThe activities above were all designed to help the child listen and distinguish wordswith the sounds ‘l’ and ‘r’ in words. Activities on the CD, pages 30–2, are designed tohelp children who can produce ‘l’ and ‘r’ in words, but who do not do so habituallywhen they speak. These activities can be used after discussion with a speech andlanguage therapist to make sure the child is ready for the change of emphasis fromlistening work to saying words with the target sounds.Important: Before trying these activities read the general information about using thegeneralisation and carryover methods described in Chapter 15.118