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2021-02-17 11:09:29
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Personal Development Self Esteem & Confidence English Language

Spelling Sounds and Patterns

To improve spelling, reading & pronunciation
Bestseller
Rating: 5.0 out of 55.0 (4 ratings)
39 students
Created by Joanne Rudling
Last updated 4/2021
English
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Relate speech sounds to spelling.
  • Learn how sounds, letter patterns, rules and history are all connected and how they influence spelling.
  • Understand how short and long vowel sounds influence spelling.
  • Discover the 44 sounds of English and their letter patterns.
  • Learn hard and soft consonant sounds and their rules and patterns.
  • Understand why certain letter patterns (want, walk, work) are pronounced "strangely"
  • Know the history of spelling and speaking and why it's not phonetic.
  • Improve reading by learning letter patterns, which is a proven way to improve reading.

Requirements

  • Be able to speak, read and write English at a very good level.

Description

From the creator of Udemy's best-selling Spelling Rules: to improve spelling & confidence course, comes the perfect follow-on course - Spelling Sounds and Patterns: To improve spelling, reading & pronunciation to give you even more spelling knowledge and confidence to spell, read and write.

You'll learn how sounds, letter patterns, history, structure of words, and rules are all connected and influence the spelling of words.

Learning how speech sounds connect to spelling is one of the foundation blocks of learning to spell. Learning to spell well isn't about using one method. It's a complex subject that needs various methods and approaches to learn it well.

This course will help you

  • Relate sounds to spelling.

  • Know how sounds, letter patterns, rules and history are all connected and influence spelling.

  • Understand long and short vowel sounds and how they influence spelling.

  • Identify and spell common letter patterns. 

  • Know the relationship between spelling rules, letter patterns and sounds.

  • Learn important vowel patterns (-ea-, -au-, -ui- -ie- and -ei-) and their sounds.

  • Learn how consonants like the letter c and g can have hard and soft sounds, and the rules and history around these.

  • Learn why certain letters like the W in warn, world, swab, squad are pronounced the way they are.

  • Understand what Standard English is.

  • Know that your accent is your soul and identity and shouldn't be changed, but knowing a standardised way of saying things can help spelling.

  • Improve reading by learning letter patterns, which is a proven way to improve reading.


Who this course is for:

  • This course is ideal for British and American English native speakers, and ESL students.
  • A good level of English for non-native speakers.

Course content

24 sections • 169 lectures • 14h 8m total length

  • Preview03:42
  • Preview09:04
  • Preview06:58
  • Preview04:44
  • Preview02:42
  • Standard English, accents, RP
    07:29
  • American vs. British Spelling
    11:12

  • History of Spelling Part 1
    07:37
  • History of Spelling Part 2
    07:58
  • History of Spelling Part 3
    08:34

  • Preview06:23
  • Short Vowel Sounds Introduction
    07:03
  • Short Vowel Sounds Word Contrasts
    01:26
  • Long Vowel Sound Introduction
    07:54
  • Long Vowel Sounds Word Contrasts
    01:52

  • Preview02:51
  • Short -a- patterns & rules
    06:44
  • Short -a- word contrasts
    01:46
  • Short -a- spelling test
    05:55
  • Short vs. long -a-
    09:10
  • Long -a- "ay" sound patterns
    04:58
  • Short vs. long -a- exercise
    10 questions
  • short vs. long -a- spelling test
    05:36
  • -ay vs. -ai-
    06:11
  • -ey vs.-ei-
    05:14
  • Long -a- "ay" sound revision
    02:34
  • Long -a- "ay" sound homophones
    03:10
  • "ay" sound exercise
    8 questions
  • "ay" sound spelling test
    07:00
  • Long -a- "or" sound patterns
    04:42
  • Long -a- "or" sound homophones
    01:10
  • Long "or" patterns exercise
    12 questions
  • -ar vs. -are
    03:43
  • Long -a- "ar" sound patterns
    05:24
  • Long -a- "air" sound patterns
    02:46
  • -ar vs. -are exercise
    12 questions
  • -ar vs. -are spelling test
    07:00
  • -au- letter pattern and sounds
    06:22
  • -au- patterns exercise
    8 questions
  • -au- spelling test
    07:06

  • Letter -e- sounds & letter patterns intro
    03:38
  • Short -e- patterns & rules
    08:17
  • Short -e- homophones
    01:39
  • Short -e- word contrasts
    01:45
  • Short -e- exercise
    8 questions
  • Long -e- patterns
    06:17
  • Long -e- homophones
    01:28
  • Long vs. short -e- word contrast
    01:12
  • Long to short -e- vowel shift words
    03:03
  • Long -e- "ear" sound
    02:17
  • "ear" exercise
    12 questions
  • Long -e- "er" sound
    04:06
  • "er" exercise
    8 questions

  • Preview08:37
  • -ea- exercise
    9 questions
  • spelling test
    06:17
  • -ea- homophone partners
    03:11
  • -ea- homophone exercise
    8 questions
  • -ea- homophones spelling test
    06:19

  • -ie- and -ei- patterns & sounds lesson 1
    05:58
  • -ie- and -ei- lesson 1 exercise
    10 questions
  • spelling test 1
    04:50
  • -ie- and -ei- patterns & sounds lesson 2
    06:48
  • -ie- or -ei- lesson 2 exercise
    10 questions
  • spelling test 2
    03:37

  • Letter -i- sounds & letter patterns intro
    02:17
  • Short -i- patterns
    09:14
  • Short -i- exercise
    8 questions
  • Short -i- word contrasts
    01:32
  • Short vs. long -i-
    07:11
  • Long -i- "eye" patterns
    05:42
  • Long -i- homophones
    01:55
  • Long -i- exercise
    8 questions
  • Long to short -i- vowel shift words
    02:16
  • -ir- patterns
    01:42
  • Long -i- "ee" sound patterns
    04:58
  • Long -i- "ee" sound exercise
    8 questions

  • Letter -o- sounds & letter patterns intro
    01:47
  • Short -o- patterns
    06:35
  • Short -o- word contrasts
    01:33
  • Short vs. long -o-
    06:04
  • Long -o- "oh" sound
    07:34
  • Long -o- homophones
    01:50
  • Long to short -o- vowel shift words
    01:50
  • Short to long -o-
    01:38
  • -oo- sounds
    07:04
  • Short -o- "uh" sounds
    07:13
  • Long -o- "or" sound
    03:59
  • Long -o- "or" sound homophones
    01:56
  • Long -o- "or" sound exercise
    10 questions
  • -oy vs. -oi- patterns
    05:17
  • -oy- vs. -oi- spelling test
    06:44
  • -ou- letter pattern & sounds
    07:28
  • -ou- spelling test
    08:17
  • -ou- homophones
    01:54

  • Letter -u- sounds & letter patterns intro
    03:06
  • 1. Short -u- "uh" sound & patterns
    05:35
  • 2. Short -u- "uu" sound & patterns
    03:19
  • Short -u- word contrasts
    01:50
  • Long -u- "oo" & "yoo" sounds & patterns
    06:26
  • Short vs. long -u-
    03:57
  • Long -u- "er" sound & patterns
    03:22
  • -ui- letter pattern and sounds
    07:26
  • spelling test
    07:44

Instructor

Joanne Rudling
Lecturer, teacher trainer, tutor, online course developer
Joanne Rudling
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 478 Reviews
  • 2,456 Students
  • 3 Courses

Joanne Rudling has over 20 years' experience teaching spelling, English, literacy, EFL and writing. She's the owner of a spelling website for adults (howtospell) where she develops online courses, and writes books, which are available on Amazon and her website.

She's worked in various organisations in the UK including City of Westminster College, Bournemouth & Poole College, and Bournemouth Film School.

She has developed and taught on literacy projects for the Pre-Volunteer Programme for the Olympics, and the RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind.) And delivered seminars, training courses and CPD (Continued Profession Development) sessions for teachers and lecturers on literacy and spelling.

She's also worked with Amazon drama division editing their American closed captions/subtitles to British spellings.

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