Reading: Basic Decoding & Word Recognition: A2 Lesson 4: Decoding Two-Syllable Words (basic)

Reading A2

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Word Beats

ចង្វាក់នៃពាក្យ (Syllables)

A syllable is a "beat" in a word. Every syllable has one vowel sound.

Syllable (ព្យាង្គ) គឺដូចជាចង្វាក់ភ្លេងនៅក្នុងពាក្យអញ្ចឹង។ គ្រប់ព្យាង្គទាំងអស់សុទ្ធតែមានសម្លេងស្រៈមួយ។

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Rule 1: Split the Twins

ច្បាប់ទី១៖ បំបែកព្យញ្ជនៈនៅកណ្តាល

If there are two consonants in the middle, split the word between them!

rab • bit

Rabbit ទន្សាយ (២ ចង្វាក់ / ព្យាង្គ)

bas • ket

Basket កន្ត្រក (២ ចង្វាក់ / ព្យាង្គ)

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Rule 2: The Lonely Letter

ច្បាប់ទី២៖ បំបែកមុនព្យញ្ជនៈទោល

If there is only one consonant in the middle, split before it!

ti • ger

Tiger សត្វខ្លា (២ ចង្វាក់ / ព្យាង្គ)

wa • ter

Water ទឹក (២ ចង្វាក់ / ព្យាង្គ)

warning The Silent 'E' Trap!

It doesn't make a sound!

(អក្សរ 'e' នៅចុងពាក្យជាច្រើនគឺស្ងាត់។ បើវាគ្មានសម្លេង វាគ្មានចង្វាក់ទេ!)

Make

Ma - ke (2 beats) ❌

Make

Make (1 beat) ✔️

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Reading Check bolt

ការត្រួតពិនិត្យការអាន

Counting Beats

How many syllables are in the word "Cat"?

(តើពាក្យ "Cat" មានប៉ុន្មានចង្វាក់?)

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Splitting Rule 1

How do you split the word "Muffin"?

(តើអ្នកបំបែកពាក្យ "Muffin" ដូចម្តេច?)

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Splitting Rule 2

How do you split the word "Spider"?

(តើអ្នកបំបែកពាក្យ "Spider" ដូចម្តេច?)

TRICKY QUESTION! error

How many syllables are in the word "Like"?

(តើពាក្យ "Like" មានប៉ុន្មានចង្វាក់?)

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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Clap Your Name sign_language (Say your full name and clap the syllables. How many beats does your name have?)

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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Room Search search (Find 3 items in your room that have exactly 2 syllables in English. e.g., Ta-ble.)

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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Teach the Trap voice_over_off (Teach a friend about the "Silent E" trap using the word "Cake".)

Clap the Beats

មេរៀនជាវីដេអូ

Watch Teacher Sopheak clap the syllables to help you hear the "beats" in English words! This makes big words easy to read.

Ask a Question person_raised_hand

តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!

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Recent Questions

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Sovan 2 hours ago

Teacher, how many syllables are in the word "Beautiful"? Is it 2 or 3?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Hi Sovan! It has 3 beats! Try clapping it: Beau - ti - ful (3 claps). Great question! sign_language

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Makara 5 hours ago

Why is "Apple" 2 syllables? The 'e' at the end is silent, right?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

Ah, the tricky consonant-LE rule! The 'e' is silent, but the 'le' grabs the consonant before it to make its own special syllable sound (/əl/). So it splits as Ap - ple.