Sunburst Media for Language Learners

ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS

Books with Audio CDs, DVDs
English for Child Care
Basic Everyday Spelling
Kiss Your Accent Goodbye
Phrase by Phrase Pronunciation

Practical Everyday Spelling

Software
The Alphabet
Connected Speech

Issues in English 2
Spelling Fusion

Card Games, Board Games
Homophone Cards
Look in the Lake Pronunciation Cards
Phonics Bingo Cards
Rhyming Words Cards

Teacher Training
Pronunciation DOs and DON'Ts
Using Your Hands to Teach Pronunciation

PRICE AND ORDERING INFO

Marsha Chan's Presentations

Basic
Everyday Spelling

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Practical
Everyday
Spelling

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by Elaine Kirn

Learn to spell and pronounce words in English!

These two workbooks with audio CDs are excellent for helping students learn English vocabulary and spelling patterns. You will learn to pronounce printed words, spell common words, and make "educated guesses" in looking up the spellings of unfamiliar words. Here are some of the exercises that will help you acquire the sound-symbol (phonics) patterns of the American English spelling system:

  • Vocabulary-building activities
  • Error correction
  • Word games
  • Dictations
  • Stories

Both books (two levels) include review lessons, progress tests, and hundreds of illustrations, making them useful as "picture dictionaries. Exercise and activity types appeal to both visual and auditory learners.

Basic Everyday Spelling Workbook, with 2 CDs, contains one-syllable words with predictable and very common alternate spellings.

Practical Everyday Spelling Workbook, with 3 CDs, reviews the patterns presented in the previous book. Other chapters cover exceptional spellings, homophones, compound and multisyllable words, vowels before, and silent consonants.

View some pages from both books!