PEE analysis: Reading

In the reading, Tom mispronunces the "red bow tie" as "boo" as he is unable to know how to pronounce the "ow" phoneme that is used in "bow." As "bow tie" is an uncommon word of a clothing item, it highlights why Tom may have a confusion with how to say the word because it is not a local topic that they always are hearing. This may, also, be due to the fact that many "ow" phoneme can be pronounced in a number of ways. This is similar to the "ough" orthographical cluster as it is pronounced in up to 8 ways and a child must learn the different ways that they have to say it. This is due to the fact that we have a defective orthography as we do not have a system where we can spell a word as it sounds. This is mainly due to 'The Great Vowel Shift' where our vowels and phonemes have changed in the 1700's and the spelling remained the same but the sound of the phoneme has changed. Through Tom's mispronunciation, it is 'normal' as the child is still learning how the orthography works and the irregular phoneme sounds that are made.