ENGLISH SYSTEM OF SPELLING – READING RULES CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, BOGOTÁ

PROBLEMS TO BE DISCUSSED 1.English spelling and sound correlation 2.Types of syllable in English 3.Vowel digraphs and their classification 4.Practice

TYPES OF ENGLISH SYLLABLE FOUR TYPES TYPE 1 – OPEN SYLLABLE TYPE 2 - CLOSED SYLLABLE TYPE 3 - r- CONTROLLED SYLLABLE TYPE 4 - re - CONTROLLED SYLLABLE

2 types of open syllable: Absolute: me, by, no; Traditional with the final vowel letter e which is silent: make, these, code.

SPECIAL CASES OF VOWELS: TYPE 1 READING

SYLLABLE DIVISION OF THE WORDS BEGINNING WITH TYPE 3 SYLLABLE When the first syllable ending in –r is followed by another consonant divide between them: German - Ger-man Surplus - sur-plus Larger - lar-ger Barrack - bar-rack Stirrup - stir-rup

SYLLABLE DIVISION OF THE WORDS BEGINNING WITH TYPE 4 SYLLABLE When the first syllable ending in –r is followed by another vowel, divide before the letter r according to the rule: Ma-ry, sta-ring, soa-ring. Although the letter r graphically belongs to the second syllable, it marks Type 4 syllable and sound as / r /.

VOWEL DIAGRAPHS A diagraph: a combination of two letters representing one sound. Vowel diagraphs: ee, ea, ei, ay, ai, etc. Consonant diagraphs: th, ch, sh, ph, kn, gn etc. Mixed diagraphs: qu ENGLISH: 20 VOWEL DIGRAPHS frequent restricted to certain positions: ai, au, ei, eu and ey, oy notoriously difficult: ou / ow

The diagraph ou 1.Trout, about, scout 2.Country, trouble 3.Shoulder, tough

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