Along with the teaching of the various sounds of the vowels and
consonants should come at this time a strong effort to impress the need
of clear enunciation. Great care should be taken that a vowel is given
its true value, that all sounds are given, that silent letters are not
sounded, and that the syllabication is correct.
Poor enunciation is a common source of error. Do not permit “in” for
“ing,” final “ed” to be sounded like “t,” or “body” to be pronounced
“buddy.” Remember that _a word correctly pronounced is half spelled_.