The Crankophone displays two vowels. Listen to the words from the Crankophone. After each word sounds, choose which of the 2 vowels you can hear in the middle of the word. If you get it right the word is added to one of the lists.

At the end of the game you can print out a personalized sheet which includes your name (if it has been entered using the Teacher's Control Panel), a list of all the words that you collected and also the ones that you missed for you to have another try. To print the sheet, press the print button in the tool bar of the new window that opens and then close the window.

The game is an exercise in auditory discrimination of medial vowels, often the most difficult to hear and identify when learning phonics.

The panel is accessed from the main start screen once loading is complete.

By default the game will choose two vowels at random and will give words that contain one or the other.

The Teacher's Control Panel can be used to configure the game to focus on specific vowels.

The player's name may also be entered and will appear on the printable sheet at the end of the game.

The game will launch in this window with site navigation available and some playing instructions.

The game will launch in a new 'full screen' window that has no site navigation or instructions. For users of Internet Explorer 4 (or higher) the window will automatically fill the whole screen. This mode may be less confusing for children who may otherwise accidentally leave the game by clicking on a link to another part of the website or on another window on the computer. There is a hidden 'close' button in the top right hand corner - alternatively press Ctrl and W simultaneously to return to this page.

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