This complete teaching material covers the essential rules and patterns of short and long vowel sounds in English. It includes clear explanations, useful examples of silent “e” and double consonants, ...

Long O Vowel /oʊ/The long O vowel is a bit of a tricky vowel in English. Especially for Japanese speakers, distinguishing between the short O vowel /ɑ/ and the long O vowel /oʊ/ is important. This ...

In this video I share one of my favorite free resources for teaching phonics and spelling rules. I walk you through the Mr Spelling YouTube channel and show a few clips of his rap songs on vowel teams ...

I was organizing my old blog and found this....Why am I talking so passionately about phonics? (lol)But reading it back, I ...

The English language has very interesting sound patterns and pronunciation rules that sets it apart from other languages. These sounds tend to be difficult, if not tiresome for non-native speakers to ...

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: some pronunciation rules to help make your speech sound more natural. RS: Back with us from Los Angeles is Nina Weinstein, author ...

For most of our school lives, we were told a neat little rule: use ‘a’ before words beginning with consonants and ‘an’ before words beginning with vowels. It sounded simple, almost soothingly ...