A typing app for calm practice

Step up little by little with 4 battlesThe site offers 4 battles with different difficulty levels and practice content.* Kana ...

I couldn't talk to a black screen

I couldn't talk to a black screenUp until now, I had given my AI assistant a memory. When it starts up, it remembers who it ...
New Scientist

Dogs pay more attention to consonants than vowels when we speak

When dogs hear their owners speak, they are listening for consonants in words rather than vowels, a new study suggests, apparently mimicking a similar human bias that is found across many languages.
Phys.org

Dog brains track consonant patterns in speech, a first outside humans

Dog brains segment speech into words in a way previously seen only in humans, a new study from Hungary finds. This suggests that efficient speech processing is not necessarily a consequence of humans' ...
BBC

Linking between vowel sounds

Fluent English speakers often add sounds between words to link them together. When one word ends with a vowel sound, and the following word begins with a vowel sound, you might hear a subtle /j/ or /w ...
TES

Adding Vowel Suffixes to Words of More than One Syllable - Years 3 and 4

Support pupils in years 3 and 4 with this comprehensive lesson on adding vowel suffixes to multisyllabic words, in line with the English spelling objectives from the National Curriculum. This engaging ...
TES

Adding Suffixes Beginning with Vowel Letters to Words Ending in -fer | KS2 Spelling | Year 5 & 6

Help your pupils master tricky KS2 spelling rules with this fully editable resource focused on adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer. Perfect for Years 5 and 6, this ...