The Greek double letter "αυ" and its voice.

The Greek 
double letter «αυ».

Always there is a difficulty for pupils learning

Greek as a F.L.

 with the phonic of this double letter.

And the reason of this?

This double letter has two voices!!

But if you are wondering, 

just like my pupils in class this week,
 “how do we know when we will say af or av?”

There is an answer obviously on this question.

Ancient Greeks created everything using Maths rules.

The rule of this letter is the following:

When you will have one of these

7 letters

σ, ξ, κ, π, τ, θ, χ

after the double letter «αυ»

then

«αυ» says «αφ»(af).

So, from now on there is no fear about this letter.

Give your students lots of words

and you will see that

they will manage very easily

to pronounce everything correctly.

Additionally, I am giving the following activities.

Exercise 1: circle the words with the voice αφ (af)
download here

Exercise 2: put the words in the correct column
download here.

Exercise 3 : Words to achieve confidence 
in reading words with the letter "αυ".

Try to check how many words you can read in one minute!