Making English Decodable
What if every English word told you exactly how to say it?
Fonetic English adds pronunciation, syllable breaks, and stress to standard spelling — without changing a single letter. Developed with Professor John Sweller. Backed by seven research frameworks. Used by tutors, schools, and ESL colleges worldwide.
Learning sightwords is even faster with syllables
Fonetic English adds pronunciation, syllable breaks, and stress to standard spelling — without changing a single letter. Developed with Professor John Sweller. Backed by seven research frameworks. Used by tutors, schools, and ESL colleges worldwide.
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- Syllables are a natural building blocks of spoken language.
- Simply make the sounds of “black” and “smith” without a pause to say the word “blacksmith”. It's easy to sound out words syllable by syllable.
- Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish optimizes syllable breaks
- Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish marks syllable boundaries so the syllables are instantly recognizable, their meanings are clear, and the pronunciation of the word is accurate. Some dictionaries focus on making the sound as accurate as possible, but this can lead to problems:
- Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish markup of “parking”: •park◦ing → learners instantly see park + the suffix “ing” – easy to recognize, with meaning maintained, and accurate pronunciation.
- Compare to markup in some other dictionaries: •par◦king → accurate pronunciation but par + king obscures meaning and is harder to recognize.
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- Why syllables reduce overload
- Most syllables have just 2–4 phonemes, so they’re short, learnable chunks.
- Familiar syllables become reusable building blocks across many words.
- Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish teaches the most frequent syllables first, so recognition compounds quickly.
- The fast track to thousands of words
- When you can recognize syllables by sight, you can sound out words syllable by syllable, making it easy and fast to learn sight words.
- Master 200 common syllables and you can decode thousands of English words built from them.
- Exercises are provided to help students quickly learn sightwords and to recognize syllables by sight.
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