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TEACHING SILENT LETTERS IN ENGLISH Ts. Oyun1 Brief introduction: English has a lot of silent letters, and they create problems for both native and non-native speakers of English, because they make it more difficult to guess the spelling of many spoken words or the pronunciation of many written words. Key words: silent letters, difficulties, word's pronunciation, sound
One of the noted difficulties of English speaking is a high number of silent letters. In an alphabetic writing system a silent letter is a letter that, in a particular word, does not correspond to any sound in the word's pronunciation . Silent letters create problems for both native and non-native speakers of a language, as they make it more difficult to guess the spellings of spoken words.. What are 'silent letters'? A silent letter is a letter that appears in a particular word, but does not correspond to any sound in the word's pronunciation. English has a lot of silent letters, and they create problems for both native and nonnative speakers of English, because they make it more difficult to guess the spelling of many spoken words or the pronunciation of many written words. There are many silent letters in the English language, and they can cause difficulties for people learning English as a second language. Silent letters can also cause problems for native children learning to read, spell and speak. Silent letters are the letters in words that make no difference to the sound. So, to put it simply, the letter or letters in a particular word that are silent, do not appear in the pronunciation of the word. But, they do however, appear in the spelling. Silent letters make it very difficult for English learners as they give no clue as to how to correctly spell out and pronounce the word. In fact, most of the common spelling mistakes seen in English writing will be words which feature one or more silent letters. [1:6] Causes Of Silent Letters There are a few reasons why we may have words that feature silent letters. Historical Change – The sound may have dropped out of the word over a certain length of time, but the spelling of that word will have stayed the same: hope, knot, light. New Letter Added – Silent letters may have been added to make the spelling appear more ‗Latin‘ or ‗French‘: Island, debt, victual. Borrowing From Another Language – Some English words originate from other foreign languages, which is why we may see silent letters: Myrrh, champagne, khaki. Reasons For Silent Letters Sometimes, there is an exact reason as to why a word will have silent letters. To be able to distinguish the words which sound similar - For example: ‗Plum – Plumb‘, ‗Hole – Whole‘ or ‗Our – Hour‘. 1
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