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I recently discovered that the American English scholars use more than one phonemic/phonetic script. They aren't unified upon on chart like the Brits are on Underhill's chart. For example some American scripts will use /j/ for a 'y' sound and others will use /y/. Then when you get into the vowels an...

This is excellent!

Is there a similar resource for the American verison of the phonemic chart?

I remember on my CELTA days seeing a number of nice looking posters to help students (and teachers, i.e. me!) learn the phonemic script/phonetic symbols. I would like to order some for my classrooms. However, when I check online, like Amazon, I often get "image not available" messages. And I'd rathe...

If your employer is trying to justify not teaching the alphabet, phonics etc to customers (Saudi?) who are asking for help with those things, then he is obviously missing a business opportunity, and should invest in appropriate supplementary materials and training ASAP. I think it was more an assum...

My employer has asked me to write him a short explanation justifying why starter editions of books like Headway and Cutting Edge don't begin with teaching the alphabet but start on functional language like introductions and "this is ...", "What's that?", etc. I've never actually read the reasoning b...