The following are a selection of the alternative spellings of the 40+ sounds of the English language based on General American English pronunciation, recognizing there are many regional variations. Teachers of synthetic phonics emphasize the letter sounds not the letter names (i.e. mmm not em, sss not ess, fff not ef). It is usually recommended that teachers of English-reading introduce the "most frequent sounds" and the "common spellings" first and save the more infrequent sounds and complex spellings for later. (e.g., the sounds /s/ and /t/ before /v/ and /w/; and the spellings cake before eight and cat before duck).
The following are a selection of the alternative spellings of the 40+ sounds of the English language based on General American English pronunciation, recognizing there are many regional variations. Teachers of synthetic phonics em.phasize the letter sounds not the letter names (i.e mmm not em, sss not ess, fff not ef). It is u.sually recommended that teachers of English-reading introduce the "most frequent sounds" and the "common spellings" first and save the mo.re infrequent sounds and complex spellings for later. (eg, the sounds /s/ and /t/ before /v/ and /w/; and the spellings cake before eight and cat before duck).