What We Offer: Readable English offers a range of learning tools, including a website, apps, a dictionary, an eReader and additional resources such as printable teaching materials.

“The biggest change I have seen in J. is his increased comprehension ability as he is not

stumbling over basic literacy anymore.”Ben Osborne, Teacher

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A glyph is a visual cue placed on a letter to indicate the sound the letter will make when it doesn’t make its usual sound. There are 22 easy to remember glyphs in Readable English. Here are some examples:

The glyph Sharp Hat makes the sound [sh], like in these words:

o▪ĉean ŝure na▪‷ionThe glyph Happy Face makes the sound [ee], like in these words:

mḙ tax▪ì hap▪p‸

MEET THE GLYPHS

Many letters in English can make more than one sound, and that can make reading difficult for new learners. See below how Readable English differentiates the four sounds of the letter C.

To download a PDF copy of the Readable English Glyph Guide visit: www.readablenglish.com/about

INGLYPHS IN ACTION

The C has no glyph which meansit makes its standard sound [k].cat

The glyph Silly C meansthat C makes the sound [s].çell

The glyph Say Cheese meansthat C makes the sound [ch].ḕel▪lo

The glyph Sharp Hat meansthat C makes the sound [sh].o▪ĉean

YOUR SHORTCUT TO LEARNING TO READ

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The learning program supports a three-step process: learn, reinforce and read. A teaching guide with a scripted lesson plan guides teachers through the process:

Learn - Students learn the Readable English system with videos, songs, online lessons and printable worksheets.

Reinforce - Students reinforce letter and glyph sounds using apps and printable games and activities.

Read - Students start practising and improving their reading skills using the website, printable reading activities, books and the eReader, where teachers and students can convert text into Readable English.

The Readable English Learning Program

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A New, Easier Way to Learn to Read English.The Problem:Being able to read and communicate in English is an indispensable skill in modern life. It is well documented that an individual’s literacy level can affect their opportunities in life for education, employment, income and wellbeing.

The complex spelling of English makes it a difficult language to learn to read. Letters can represent multiple sounds, or be silent, and syllable breaks are not always clear.

As a result, it takes children learning English 2.5 years to reach the same level of basic literacy that children learning phonetic languages can reach within a year [1].

The Solution:Readable English simplifies written English by making it phonetic, without changing the spelling of words. A pronunciation guide is embedded into words by greying out silent letters and adding visual cues to letters to specify which sound they should make. Learners can accurately and independently sound out words, even irregularly spelt words such as 'was', 'thought' and 'yacht'.

Unlike other phonetic systems, Readable English does not change the spelling of words. Keeping the spelling intact is important not only for developing sight-word recognition, but also for visibly conveying the meaning of words through their spelling patterns (e.g. removing the 'g' in 'sign' would remove the connection to related words such as 'signal' and 'signature').

Who Can Benefit?Readable English can help anyone learn to read, including:

• emerging readers

• struggling readers

• non-native English speakers

Classroom Tested:Studies of Readable English have demonstrated its effectiveness for improving reading skills. Students in a Readable English class improved at twice the rate of students in a control class, in both reading accuracy and comprehension.

The Readable English Vision and Mission:Our vision is to improve English literacy.

Our mission is to simplify and accelerate the processof learning to read.

Our objectives are • to help people decode and pronounce English words accurately and confidently

• to develop products that are easy to use and that make learning enjoyable.

1. Seymour, P. H. K., Aro, M., & Erskine, J. M. (2003). Foundation literacy acquisition in

European orthographies. British Journal of Psychology, 94(2), 143-174.

READ IT RIGHT SAY IT RIGHT

Unmarked Glyphs tell you the sound letters make their a letter makes when it does usual sound not make its usual sound *

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Greyed out Syllable breaks letters are not divide words into pronounced readable chunks

*In this word, the Happy Face glyph makes the ‘i’ say /ee/ like in the word ‘see’

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“Based on theory and data, I can recommend Readable English in the

strongest possible terms. It has the potential to transform the teaching of English.”John Sweller, Emeritus Professor, School of Education, UNSW