New Model of Spelling-bee Competition
(By applying the Concept of Sub-Syllables in English language)
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Ningmareo Shimray *

Ningmareo Shimray,
Lecturer,
Ukhrul Higher Secondary
School, Ukhrul, Manipur, India.
Recipient of National Award to Teachers 2021

INTRODUCIION

From series of experimentations conducted over 20 years, I found that the main hurdle of learning and teaching any subject of any standard is the lack of reading skills and that the only way to overcome this hurdle is to learn pronouncing skills. Towards the end of 2020, I developed the Concept of Sub-Syllables in English language which is a new system of learning English pronouncing skills efficiently.

By applying the Concept of Sub-Syllables in English language, I have developed a New Model of Spelling-Bee Competition which is applicable to all the students of any standard. Spelling-Bee Competition is the most effective literary activity for learning English pronouncing skills.

I. Concept of Sub-Syllables in English language

A sub-syllable is defined as an alphabet/letter or group of alphabet/letter which forms a part of a syllable (if the word is multi-syllable)/monosyllable. The possible sounds of every sub-syllable are finite and that the sound of every sub-syllable depends on the parts of speech, structure and origin of a word. The sub-syllables include all the sounds of vowels (monophthong/diphthong/ triphthong) and consonants (voiced and voiceless). The Concept of Sub-Syllables is a new system for learning English pronunciation efficiently.

It has enabled to pronounce every word in an English dictionary correctly and easily, indicates and explains the silence of sounds when pronouncing some words, identifies different words having the same pronunciation and different words with similar pronunciations, has enabled to pin-point the differences between the British and American English pronunciations. It has enabled to explain how the letter-r and l control the vowel sounds and how the vowel sounds control r-sound in British pronunciation.

By applying, Mathematics and the Concept of Sub-Syllables, I have formulated the general rules of English pronunciation which give a single pronunciation to every word in an English dictionary without giving any specific preference to British or American accent. If a word has more than one pronunciation, then the preferred pronunciation is underlined.

It has paved a new way to non-native speakers to learn English pronouncing skills without strictly following the British or American accent, which can be understood by the native speakers. Significantly, it has enabled to write the spellings of all the IPA/sounds (of sub-syllables/syllables) of foreign origin reflected in English language. The Concept of Sub-Syllables is applicable to any existing language in the world and could herald the beginning of learning foreign languages in a new way.

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