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2. Silent e - Wikipedia

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   In addition to indicating that a preceding vowel is a long vowel, a silent e when it immediately follows a c or g also indicates that the c is a soft c and the g is a soft g . For example: Măc > mācɇ (/ ˈ m æ k / → / ˈ m eɪ s /) stăg > stāgɇ (/ ˈ s t æ ɡ / → / ˈ s t eɪ dʒ /)

3. Phonics - Wikipedia

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   Reading by using phonics is often referred to as decoding words, sounding-out words or using print-to-sound relationships.Since phonics focuses on the sounds and letters within words (i.e. sublexical), [13] it is often contrasted with whole language (a word-level-up philosophy for teaching reading) and a compromise approach called balanced literacy (the attempt to combine whole language and ...

4. Phonemic awareness - Wikipedia

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   Separating the spoken word "cat" into three distinct phonemes, /k/, /æ/, and /t/, requires phonemic awareness. The National Reading Panel has found that phonemic awareness improves children's word reading and reading comprehension and helps children learn to spell. [1] Phonemic awareness is the basis for learning phonics.

5. Hard and soft C - Wikipedia

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   In Irish, c usually represents a hard /k/, but represents /c/ before e or i, or after i. In Scottish Gaelic, broad c is one of /kʰ ʰk ʰk k/, and slender c is one of /kʰʲ ʰkʲ ʰkʲ kʲ/, depending on the phonetic environment. A number of orthographies do not make a hard/soft distinction.

6. Silent k and g - Wikipedia

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   For example, the initial k is not silent in words such as German Knecht which is a cognate of knight, Knoten which is a cognate of knot, etc. Likewise, g was probably a voiced velar plosive and the initial g was not silent: for example, German Gnom , a cognate of gnome , Gneis , a cognate of gneiss , etc.

7. English orthography - Wikipedia

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   The spelling indicates the insertion of /ᵻ/ before the /z/ in the spelling - es , but does not indicate the devoiced /s/ distinctly from the unaffected /z/ in the spelling - s . The abstract representation of words as indicated by the orthography can be considered advantageous since it makes etymological relationships more apparent to English ...