In a lesson study of 'O' vowel sounds of English with Hindi-speaking students in small vertical group (N=5; age 14-20 years), the comparison with Hindi O-sounds was made and students were told these sounds are not present in English langue but three different O-sounds which are there, are needed to be practiced for at least for five hours over a week with 15-minute staggered practice every day.
The lesson study proceeded in the following steps
1. On a slate, three sounds were explained as shown in the following picture.
2. There after, phonic practice was given in the group situation as shown in the following collage
3. Then corrective feedback was given on individual basis
4. The task was given to select 20 words for each sound for practice at home
The reflective analysis showed that the group reacted positive to the transitional method since it gave respect to their mother tongue Hindi and demystification of spoken English which is often ignored in conventional phonic methods.
A well meaning literacy programme for a new language should have five constituents, namely, [1] the alphabetic principle (recognition and speaking of text and related visual codes of alphabet); [2] phonemic Awareness of vowels and consonants and participation of speech organs; [3] phonics patterns based basic vocabulary;[4] word recognition and reading / recitation with pauses; and [5] vocabulary that is age-grade appropriate and grammar related to sentences' structural analysis.
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