Why Symbophonics?
English has 26 letters but around 46 phonemes or basic sounds (depending on the accent) and some of these phonemes can be represented in many different ways.
Did you know the most common phoneme in English is called a ‘schwa’?
And there are over 40 ways it can be represented in English writing?
With simple, easy to learn, mnemonic symbols, Symbophonics decodes the text to enable the learner to read without having to do the guesswork which so many find confusing and frustrating.
Accordion Content
‘a’ in about
‘i’ in family
‘u’ in bonus
‘ar’ in dollar
‘ir’ in confirmation
‘e’ in open
‘o’ in carrot
‘e’ in open
‘or’ in actor
‘ah’ in cheetah
‘ur’ in augur
‘ar’ in dollar
‘ure’ in future
‘our’ in odour
‘ai’ in bargain
‘or’ in for
‘aw’ in jaw
‘au’ in author
‘a’ in water
‘ir’ in dinosaur
‘our’ in four
‘ure’ in sure
‘awe’ in awe
‘al’ in walk
‘ah’ in naughty
‘oor’ in door
‘oar’ in soar
‘ar’ in war
‘ore’ in explore
‘ough’ in bought
hot
to
ton
one
carrot
chorus
wolf
go
gold
woman
plough cough through thorough
bought rough though hiccough