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  2. English-language vowel changes before historic /r/ - Wikipedia

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    The relevant words and names with historic /ɛr/ are er in a stressed syllable, historic /ʊr/ are spelled as a stressed ur ,or ,our , and /ɪr/ is any ir or yr . The diaphoneme /ər/ originates from unstressed vowels before /r/ and was not otherwise distinct.

  3. List of English words that may be spelled with a ligature

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    Note that some words contain an ae which may not be written æ because the etymology is not from the Greek -αι-or Latin -ae-diphthongs. These include: In instances of aer (starting or within a word) when it makes the sound IPA [ɛə]/[eə] (air). Comes from the Latin āër, Greek ἀήρ. When ae makes the diphthong / eɪ / (lay) or / aɪ ...

  4. The Letter People - Wikipedia

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    Alpha One, also known as Alpha One: Breaking the Code, was a first and second grade program introduced in 1968, and revised in 1974, [8] that was designed to teach children to read and write sentences containing words containing three syllables in length and to develop within the child a sense of his own success and fun in learning to read by using the Letter People characters. [9]

  5. R-colored vowel - Wikipedia

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    [ɔ˞]: north, war In words such as start , many speakers have r-coloring only in the coda of the vowel, rather than as a simultaneous articulation modifying the whole duration. This can be represented in IPA by using a succession of two symbols such as [ɑɚ] or [ɑɹ] , rather than the unitary symbol [ɑ˞] .

  6. Dolch word list - Wikipedia

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    The Dolch word list is a list of frequently used English words (also known as sight words), compiled by Edward William Dolch, a major proponent of the "whole-word" method of beginning reading instruction. The list was first published in a journal article in 1936 [1] and then published in his book Problems in Reading in 1948. [2]

  7. Wikipedia : Language learning centre/5000 most common words

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    This process will be sped up if creating sentences using multiple words from the list to construct sentences like "They think it is time to go" - "Ellos piensan que es hora de irse" in Spanish for instance. It is important to learn words in a given context and will make the words easier to remember.

  8. Lists of English words - Wikipedia

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    List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z

  9. Second grade - Wikipedia

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    In The Republic of Ireland, the equivalent to second grade is known as "Second Class" (usually for 7–8 year olds), which is year 4 of primary school.It is traditionally the year that is dedicated to preparing for the child's "First Holy Communion"; however, as Ireland has become increasingly multicultural, more and more schools are opting to prepare for the sacrament outside of school hours.