Explore the historical context of vowel symbols in British English, which were originally selected to represent an ...

They were taught English alphabet letter sounds, with or without the use of mnemonic images or explicit sound contrasting. The phonemes that correspond to 12 consonant letters were taught.

Improving English language learning has been a stated priority of the government for two decades. However, Japanese children continue to perform poorly relative to other countries in assessments ...

There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. But how did they get there, and why do they look the way they do? Michael Rosen looks for answers in his new book Alphabetical.

The lazy v. Another free variation we have in English is what we might call the proper versus lazy way of saying sounds such as "v." If you read that popular catering company slogan "Savor the ...

THE English alphabet used to have extra letters that have been lost as centuries went by. While today our alphabet consists of 26 letters, the people of Middle Age Britain had an additional six cha… ...

Basically there were five additional characters used in the English alphabet that has since disappeared: Thorn, Eth, Wynn, Ash and Ethel. The first letter, Thorn, makes the "th" sound such as in ...