Speaking of the matter of flat tongue not distinguishing, many students in the south have a painful face, saying that they no longer want to talk about this topic, every time they go out, they have a misunderstanding with people because of the matter of flat tongue. In fact, the southerners flat tongue and Shandong people talk upside down has always been a famous meme on the Internet, in the eyes of many people, flat tongue is probably the problem of accent, it seems that it is not a big problem.
But many people do not know that the flat tongue that happens to children is not distinguished, in fact, it may also be a language barrier. This is not alarmist, but a real language problem that is affecting the development of many children.
Flat tongue is not divided, what kind of "no division" is it?
Before saying that flat tongue is not divided, it is necessary to understand the flat tongue sound.
Let's talk about the flat tongue sound, which refers to the tongue extending flat, against or close to the back of the upper teeth, so that the /z/, /c/, /s/ is emitted. The tongue-twisting sound refers to the upturned tongue tip, touching or approaching the anterior hard palate, and emitting /zh/, /ch/, /sh/, /r/. It may seem easy on the surface, but for a toddler who has not yet been exposed to formal pronunciation, it is not a simple task to pronounce the words clearly and correctly.
Let's take the Z tone as an example, when Z is pronounced, the tip of the tongue against the back of the upper tooth produces a blockage, forming a narrow slit, the soft palate rises, blocking the nasal passage, the vocal cords do not vibrate, and the air flow is squeezed out of the narrow slit and rubbed into a sound. Therefore, when many people pronounce the sound of /zh/, they often pronounce /z/, in the final analysis, because many people's pronunciation organs and pronunciation habits adapt to the use of flat tongue sounds, and the use of warped tongue sounds is very unfamiliar.
Not only that, some children's flat tongue pronunciation is also related to abnormal development of the pronunciation organ, such as short tongue frenulum, the tongue frenulum that controls the range of movement of the tongue is too short, which will cause the child's tongue to be unable to effectively reach the back of the teeth, the air flow cannot flow out normally, and the pronunciation is naturally a bunch of problems.
It can be seen that the indiscriminateness of the flat tongue is not only related to dialect habits, but also has a great relationship with the development of the pronunciation organ. Therefore, parents should pay more attention to the changes in their children's language, and they should not miss the best time for treatment and correction.
In order to distinguish the flat tongue tone, it is important to correctly understand the pronunciation
The use of flat tongue sounds is very important in life, so correct understanding of these pronunciations can not only allow children to distinguish between them, but also avoid possible language barriers. Therefore, parents must know them.
According to the pronunciation site, the flat tongue tone /Z/, /C/, /S/ belongs to the tip of the tongue anterior obstruction, and the tongue-twisting tone /zh/, /ch/, /sh/, /r/ belongs to the posterior resistance of the tip of the tongue. If parents want to teach their children to recognize these sounds, we can't play them at will, but we have to teach our children according to the correct pronunciation.
Anterior tongue tip obstruction: refers to the obstruction of the tip of the tongue and the back of the upper incisor. The tip of the tongue is flattened and in contact with or near the back of the upper incisor. Therefore, when we make a flat tongue sound, we only need to put the tongue naturally flat, the tip of the tongue is slightly raised, against or close to the back of the upper teeth, and then emit /z/, /c/, /s/ can be.
Posterior obstruction of the tip of the tongue: The tip of the tongue is obstructed by the anterior hard jaw. The tip of the tongue retracts slightly, and the tip of the tongue is cocked upwards, making contact with or approaching the front of the hard jaw. At the onset of a tongue-twisting sound, the tongue relaxes and the tip of the tongue gently cocks up to touch or approach the front of the hard jaw. In addition, when teaching children to practice pronunciation at the beginning, we can appropriately increase the curl of the tongue so that children can feel the changes in the tongue and the clarity of pronunciation.
The action of pronunciation is actually the process of language acquisition, and while we teach children to repeat the sounds of words, we are actually allowing them to deepen their understanding and memory. But if children are taught the wrong way to pronounce at the beginning, then their language development will naturally have problems.
The family environment is important, and from now on will standardize pronunciation
In the process of children's language growth, the family environment is very important, on the one hand, the parents' speech and behavior provide children with sufficient language information, on the other hand, the family environment also provides space for children's language development. Therefore, a relatively stable and healthy language environment is conducive to children's language development.
However, once there is a multi-dialect communication in the family, or the family environment is in a complex language state, the child's language development will definitely be affected. Take a baby who came to our institution last week to consult, the child is very smart and polite, but the pronunciation of speech is very problematic. After some understanding, I learned that it was the child's mother who forced the child to learn several foreign languages in a row, resulting in the child's mother tongue expression being disordered.
Therefore, in the process of children's language development, parents must do a good job of demonstration, try not to communicate in dialect at home, and try not to carry out bilingual learning in the preschool stage of children.
The most important point is to standardize the pronunciation of children, when you teach children to learn pinyin, do not be perfunctory, and do not teach all the pronunciations you know to your children. We need to take our children to learn pronunciation step by step, from shallow to deep, and don't be too hasty.