phonetic teaching systems (was "warn" > "worn")

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

I don't agree that "truespel" has a lot of good points, but the system 
suggested below shows great good sense.

Also, it has the added advantage of starting students out with the spelling 
system that is already in place and that they will have to deal with if they 
are to be able to read English texts (which will probably be the most important 
task for most of them, anyway). 

It is also the case that the writing system of standard English is dialect 
neutral. The instructor does not have to deal with dialect variation in teaching 
reading.

It is also the case that the writing system of Chinese is itself as far from 
phonetic/phonemic as possible, so that that literate Chinese are prepared for 
a system that is not completely phonetic/phonemic.

It is also the case that the system suggested below is pretty much what TESOL 
teachers have been doing for at least 50 years, if not longer.

In a message dated 2/9/09 10:22:22 AM, strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM writes:


> Truespel has quite a lot of good points,
> and I would be tempted to use it myself if I needed such a system.
> I've chosen a completely different approach -- teaching the spelling
> patterns that English actually has, and the (albeit complex) way that
> they are represented.  After that I use IPA to teach the way that
> pronunciation changes the faster a speaker talks.  A phonemic system
> like Truespel is too simple for that; IPA barely cuts it.
> 




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