Phonics & Spelling

  • NG
  • The Oi/Oy Sound
  • Long U or Long OO
  • When is Initial U Short and when is it Long ?
  • The Long U Digraphs
  • Magic E and the Long U Sound
  • X
  • Pronouncing The Letter Y At The Front Of A Word
  • Pronouncing The Letter Y In The Middle Of A Word
  • Pronouncing The letter Y At The End Of A Word
  • The letter Y & The Double Vowel Rule
  • The Last Letter is a Foreigner
  • The Spellings of Z
  • The name of Z
  • Silent letters
    and why English spelling is such a mess (2): Fake Latin
  • Silent letters
    and why English spelling is such a mess (1): Old English
  • I Both Love and Hate Spell–Checkers
  • The Rule: I before E, except after C