9. A method of teaching the pronounciation and spelling and distinguishing between the written and spoken form of any language, the method comprising utilizing three sets of tiles, the first set denoting alphabet letters, the second set denoting phonetic vowels, the third set denoting phonetic consonants, the first set comprising all geometrically uniform tiles, each tile having an alphabet letter on one surface thereof, in black or white, and a background of opposite white or black colour to the letter colours, there being separate tiles for each upper case alphabet letter and separate tiles for each lower case alphabet letter, the second set of tiles comprising geometrically uniform tiles wherein one surface of each tile is blank and individually and distinctively coloured to represent a phonetic vowel sound and vowel spelling where there are differences in spelling the same vowel sound, while the other surface of each tile contains an individual International Phonetic Alphabet Symbol to represent the vowel sound on said one surface, the second set of tiles also including tiles individually distinctively coloured to represent single letter vowel sounds and tiles individually distinctively coloured to represent double letter vowel sounds, the third set of tiles comprising single letter consonants and two letter digraphs of two-letter combinations of consonants having a single phonetic sound, selecting the first, second and third sets to be distinct, and teaching how to distinguish between pronounciation and spelling of words of the language by interposing the alphabet tiles and the phonetic tiles.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein said second set of displaceable tiles has some tiles which are individually coloured to indicate a phonetic vowel of said any language and additional, individually coloured alphabet pieces are provided for non-standard alphabet sounds.