[etni] Fwd: This is English!

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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:22:37 +0300
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From: Julia Solomon <julia-laptop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: This is English!

What sort of a language is this? This is English!

If 'ough' can be sounded  'oo' as in 'through'  then 'dough'  may be
sounded as 'do'.

If 'i' can be sounded as 'y' as in 'onion' and 'aw' is sounded as in
'your' and 'c' is sounded as in 'face' and  'a' as in 'any' and  'l'
is silent as in 'calf',  then' iawcallf' can be pronounced as
'yourself'.

If 'o' is sounded  'u' as in 'love',  then 'o' can be pronounced 'u'
as in 'a thing'.

If 'gh' can be sounded ' f'  as in cough and 'ea' sounded as in
'great' and 'our'  sounded 'er'  as in fern, then 'gheavour' can be
pronounced as 'favour'.

If 'our' can be pronounced as 'er',  then 'lourn' can be pronounced as 'learn'.

If 'u' can be sounded   as in 'sue',  then 'tue' can be pronounced as 'to'.

If 'p' is sounded as in 'shepherd'  and 'r' as in 'carrot' and 'o' as
in 'bureau' and 'n' as in 'mnemonic' and 'ou' as in 'bough' and 'n' as
in 'knee' and 'c' as in 'circus' and 'e' as in 'have'.  Then
'phrreaumnoughknce'  can be pronounced as 'pronounce'.

If 'ai' is sounded as in 'said' and 'e' is sounded as in 'pretty' and
'ci' is sounded as in 'special', then 'aingleci' can be pronounced as
'English'.

So the following sentence:

Dough   iawcallf o gheavour:  lourn  tue  phrreaumnoughknce   aingleci!

Is read as:

"Do yourself a favour : learn to pronounce English!"

The ambiguities that pervade the English language (with three out of
every four words not pronounceable from the spelling) are not usually
a problem for the automatic reader. Indeed you have probably picked it
up yourself by the osmosis process of constant association and
repetition with the spoken and written forms, as this is the standard
methodology. Indeed English is too difficult to teach by trying
phonics. There are too many ambiguities and inconsistencies which make
any invention of phonic rules pointless.

Most automatic readers have not even noticed the almost complete
absence of English spelling and pronunciation rules, but it is a mine
of confusion for the non automatic reader who still needs to pronounce
each word to register its meaning.  However, incorrect pronunciation
means incomprehensible text, disengagement from reading, with
consequent attitude and behavioural issues which I found myself
addressing exclusively as a psychologist; until I decided to stop
treating the effects and deal with the cause.

If you would like to find out how English reading can be taught
without the need for rules or for memorising  sight words, by the
addition of a simple pronunciation code for each vowel sound (as in
Hebrew), please join me on 8 (Jerusalem) or 12 August (Tel Aviv) when
I want to share with you this failure free phonics system for teaching
English; why we need it and how it will work for you.

Please see
http://www.etni.org/courses/Dare_be_different.docx

 for details or email me on info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for more.

Best regards,

Julia Solomon


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