Vowel based method of teaching the reading of English

摘要

The Voweletics teaching method is designed to create a THINK System simulating the mental process readers go through in determining the correct vowel phonemes to use when decoding words. Before beginning to read the word, Voweletics teaches the reader to first LOOK at the vowels in the word. Next, the reader will THINK which vowel phoneme will be heard according to the methods taught throughout the program. Once the vowel phoneme is determined, the reader proceeds to READ the word with the correct vowel phoneme inserted. The LOOK! THINK! READ! approach is a teaching method. This THINK System is applied until the reader has automatic recall of the vowel patterns taught in Voweletics. Voweletics takes 18 varied vowel sounds and classifies them into three types of vowels: short, long & special. Many of the program's components are color-coded using the colors shown above for the program's three vowel classifications.