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Posted by jztslp
on 4/28/2009, 3:06 pm, in reply to "articulation of /k/"
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I posted this response in response to a message on the Language/Thematic/Activities board, so am copying and pasting it here as it is regarding the /k/ sound.
"What I have done before sounds similar to slp2008, however I use the pointer finger. I always demonstrate first to the kid on myself so they know what we will be doing and then I help them do it (mirrors are helpful!).
To start, I do several exaggerated /k/ productions with my mouth open quite wide describing/showing how the back of my tongue lifts up like a mountain, but the tip of my tongue stays down. Then I say that I am going to put my finger in my mouth... if I make a mountain, my finger won't get wet. If I let the tongue come up and tap, my finger will get wet and we won't get our "coughing" sound. The way to insert your finger is to have the soft pad of the finger point towards your face. Place the finger in your mouth to where the fingernail is being touched by the upper front central incisors and alveolar ridge. Now do an exaggerated /k/ sound or two, remove your finger and point out to the student how your finger tip is still dry. Then tell them that you are going to do it again, but watch what happens when you let your tongue tip come up instead of making the mountain with the back of the tongue. I then proceed to do it again, but make a /t/ sound. When I remove my finger they can see that it is obviously wet.
I then work with them doing it with their own finger in their mouth (be sure to wash hands first.... hand sanitizer tastes nasty and contains very dangerous amounts of alcohol in it... check it out on snopes) Within a relatively short period of time, most of my kids have been able to progress to where their finger is just up in front of their lips, and then to where they don't need the finger to cue them at all.
Hope this helps!"
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