Teaching sound to the deaf

[kolemath]

Brilliant comments on consonants. Vowels may be more tricky. When I teach vowel sounds to ESL students, I mention the size of the mouth. Take the e in feed, the highest, most constricted vowel sound, in terms of mouth shape and sound location. The a in father is the lowest, largest vowel in terms of the oral cavity. Ever seen the color vowel chart? It gives a good physical representation of all vowels' placement in the mouth, though as USB says may too be distracting for the colors themselves