



The colour of the snake is the same as the background, so it is the shape of the camouflaged snake that we can recognize. And we can recognize camouflaged snakes in all sorts of different positions. This is an amazing skill we humans have evolved.
So, once you can recognize the shape of a word, you can use our evolved predator recognition skill to read that word no matter how the word is written. It can be printed normally, can be in a curly type, can be printed badly or the letters can be handwritten, and we can still recognize it by its shape.
In fact, being able to recognize disguised words is how we can prȷve to some websites that we are humans, not com—pů–ters.

As the shape and spelling of a word does not change when marked up into Fonetic English, you can read a word shape in both Fonetic English and in standard English. So, there is an automatic transition from reading in Fonetic English to reading in standard English.
When you see an English or Fonetic English letter you know the sound instantly and automatically without having to think about it.
Fonetic English will test everyone by playing the sounds of phonemes and we want you to select the right character that makes that sound. If you get a sound or character wrong, you will be explicitly taught the sound and/or the character. The sound of Fonetic English characters will also be taught using this process. The outcome should be mastery: we want to be able to select the right character without thinking, so there is no hesitation and no splitting of your attention.
Intelligent repetition technology is also employed. When you can select the character that represents the sound correctly and without hesitation, the intelligent repetition system will automatically ensure that you will no longer be presented with that character.
Fonetic English has studied the phonemes of many foreign languages to find out what phonemes in a foreign language are exact matches to English, close matches and what phonemes are missing. Exact and close matches can be taught to you by spelling the English phoneme in the foreign language. In addition, English phonemes that are missing from a foreign language can be taught be using borrowed words, brands or place names containing those phonemes.
[expander_maker id=”5″ more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]We can teach you to discriminate new English sounds using syllables containing phonemes that are common to both English and your native language. Gradually you will be taught with fewer and fewer characters until you can accurately hear the English phoneme.
Having the syllables spelled in Fonetic English will mean that you know what exactly what sounds to listen for and this is likely to significantly speed up your ability to hear English sounds accurately.
The process for teaching English sounds will be optimized for each foreign language.[/expander_maker]
Sounding out words syllable by syllable is easy as you just say the first syllable and then the second without a pause.
Here are two syllables: “black” and “smith” and the compound word is “blacksmith”.
Syllables are short, so they are quick and easy to learn.
Learning the sound of sightwords by sounding out syllables is very efficient. 36 words are made up solely of these 15 syllables: 'up', 'down', 'in', 'out', 'on', 'off', 'ing', 'under', 'side', 'set', 'flow', 'go', 'grow', 'put', 'hold'. Learning 15 syllables is faster and easier then learning 36 words.
When you encounter a new multisyllable word, you may only need to learn one or two syllables because you already know the sounds of the other syllables.
The limits on working memory only apply to new information. So if you have already learned a number of syllables, you should be able to sound out long, multisyllable words containing some of your known syllables.