The English Alphabetic Code ‘Hear the Sounds’You can hear Debbie say each ‘sound’ shown down the left-hand column of the Alphabetic Code Chart followed by an example word which includes the sound. This is the first sound of the words at first, but can also be the middle or last sound of the example words.Most of the sounds are ‘phonemes’ (the smallest identifiable sounds) such as /s/ and /i/ but some sounds are two phonemes combined such as /k+s/ as in ‘fox’ and /k+w/ as in ‘queen’. The focus graphemes (letters or letter groups) are highlighted in the printed words and pictures illustrate the meaning … Continue reading Hear the SoundsRead More →