Debbie Hepplewhite’s simple to complex Alphabetic Code overview
∙ Slash marks /ai / denote units of sound (phonemes or combined phonemes). Letters and letter groups (graphemes) appear in single apostrophes ‘ay ’. ∙ References to short vowel sounds relate to the sounds as in ‘a pple , e gg , i nct , o ctopus , u mbrella ’ denoted as: /a /, /e /, /i /, /o /, /u / - said in a ‘staccato’
manner - as oppod to references to the long vowel sounds commonly denoted as: /ai /, /ee /, /igh /, /oa /, /yoo / as in ‘ai d , ee l , n igh t , oa k , stat ue ’.
Key to the 12 units of Debbie’s online synthetic phonics programme, Phonics International : units1-5 simple code with some spelling alternatives 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
益生菌的副作用6-12 /air/, /eer/, /zh/, split digraphs, complex code 6th
10th
simple code
complex code
notes
Debbie’s programme introduces a simple code of at least one letter/s-sound correspondence for each of the 44+ sounds of speech of the English language. It then expands to teach further spellings and their pronunciation variations.
units of sound (phonemes and combined phonemes)
graphemes: spelling variations which ARE CODE FOR the 44+phonemes and combined phonemes such as /k+s/ and /y+oo/and
key words
/s /
s
snake -ss glass - - c e
c i
c y cents certain city circle bicycle lacy
-- /a /
a
apple
/t /
t tent
-tt letter -ed
skipped
/i /
i
inct *-y
sunny
/p/ p
pan -pp puppet
/n/ n
net -nn
踪的成语
bonnet
gn
gnome
-i
/k/ k
kit c
cat演奏形式
-ck
duck
/e/ e
egg -ea head
-ai
said
/h/ h
hat wh who
/r/ r
rat -rr arrow
/
m/ m
map -mm
hammer
---me过渡句是什么
welcome
/d/ d
dig -dd puddle
-ed
rained
/g/ g
girl -gg
juggle
-
/o/ o
octopus
w qu lt
/u/ u
umbrella o
son
-
/l/ l
ladder -ll shell
schwa
/u l/-le
kettle
---
/f/ f
feather -ff
cliff
-
/b/ b
bat -bb rabbit
/j/ j
jug -g e g i g y
gerbil giraffe
gymnast
-
/y/ y
yawn
/ai/ ai
aid -ay
tray
a
table
-
ae
sundae
a-e
cakes
弧线球怎么踢
/w/w
web wh wheel
/oa/ oa
oak ow风景好的旅游景点
bow
o
yo-yo
-
oe
oboe
o-e
rope
风湿免疫疾病ough
dough
/igh/-igh
night -ie
tie
i
behind
-
i-e
bike
/ee/ ee
eel ea
eat
e
emu
* -y
sunny
e-e
concrete
-
ne
/or/
or /aw/
dependent on regional and national accents or
fork
w
/z/z
zebra -zz
jazz
-s
fries
-
chee
-ze
breeze
x
xylophone
/n g/ -n
gong -/n g k/-nk
ink
-nc
uncle
/
v/ v
violin -ve dove
short /oo/ oo
book
-oul
should
-u
push意大利千层面
long /oo/ oo
moon
-u-e
flute
-ew
crew
-ui
fruit
-ou
soup
-o
move
/k+s/ -x
fox -ks
books
-cks
ducks
-kes
cakes
/gz/ --ggs
eggs
/ch/ ch
chairs
-/ch u/ schwa-
/sh/sh
sheep
---
unvoiced
/th/th
thistle
voiced
/th/th
there
