-tion, -ssion, -cian

Joanne Rudling is adamant that we improve our grasp of English pronunciation and spelling. In a November post in her The Spelling Blog she drew our attention to the way words ending in -tion, -ssion, -cian are pronounced.

She does a short 'test before you teach' activity with these words:

action, accommodation, admission, permission, electrician, politician, station

to conclude that the last syllable in all the words sounds the same, / ʃən /.

Then she moves on to gives a few examples of the most common words in English with these suffixes, to end up with a short test. All her explanations come together with an audio recording.

I hope you enjoy it.