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The i> io i> a i A i u u a w e t And Global Education / (S e c o n d o f a se rie s) The id e a of th e G lo b a l A lp h a b e t first, th en s h o rt sen ten ces. B u t m o r e atjou t this in the n ex t a rticle . I f y o u w a n t all the a v a ila b le lite r a tu r e on th e su b je ct, w r ite fo r it, w it h o u t ch a r g e , to A R M Y T IM E S , D a ily N e w s B u ild in g , W a s h in g to n 5, D. C. Y o u r c o m m e n ts and s u g g e s tion s w ill also b e a p p re c ia te d . S o m e v e r y in te r e s tin g le tte r s h a v e been r e c e iv e d fr o m rea d ers. w as e x p la in e d in th e A u g u s t 21 issu e. D e sig n e d an d o r ig in a t e d b y fo i m e r S e n a to r R o b e r t L. O w e n , it has c o m m a n d e d a tte n tio n fr o m le a d in g e d u c a to rs an d m e n a n d w o m e n in p u b lic S e O n r e q u w t A R M Y T I M E S w ill sen d fu r t h e r d e ta ils w it h o u t c h a ig e . A d re ss : A R M Y T IM E S , D a ily N e w s B u ild in g , W a s h in g to n 5, D . C. T h e c o m p le te G lo b a l A lp h a b e t is sh o w n in th e a d jo in in g co lu m n . I t is d iv id e d in to 18 v o w e l so u n d s ; 18 c o n so n a n t sou n d s, p lu s six o th e r sou n d s, e a ch r e p r e s e n te d b y a sy m b o l. E a ch sv m b o l r e p r e s e n ts a s p e cific s° u n<l; THE s o u n d o f e a c h l e t t e r is IT S N A M E. B y u tte r in g o n e o r m o re sou n d s, w e sp eak a w o r d . B y p u ttin g d o w n o n e o r m o re o f a g r o u p o f sy m b o ls, each r e p r e s e n tin g a sou n d , w e w r ite a w ord. B y a ss e m b lin g a g r o u p o f w ord s, a c c o r d in g to a c c e p te d ru le s and fo r m , w e are ab le to sp e a k o r w r ite se n te n ce s. T h e first step in le a r n in g to use th e G lo b a l A lp h a b e t is to le a r n th e 42 sou n d s. T h e r e is n o t h in g s tra n g e o r d illic u lt a b o u t an y o f th e se sou n d s. E ach so u n d is o n e y o u u se e v e r y day in sp e a k in g E n g lish . In fiv e m in u te s o f o r d in a r y c o n v e r s a t io n , p ro b a b ly y o u use m o s t if n o t all th e se so u n d s m a n y tim es. T h e s e 42 se p a ra te an d d is tin c t so u n d s are all th a t a re u s e d in th e E n g lish la n g u a g e . L e a r n th e so u n d s an d th e s y m b o ls th a t r e p r e s e n t th e sou n d s, an d y o u a re o n y o u r w a y to w a r d le a r n in g to u se th e G lo b a l A lp h a b e t. Ju st as c h ild re n sta r t b y le a r n in g th e ir A, B, Cs, y ou can s ta r t by le a rn in g the sy m b o ls o f th e G lob a l A lp h a b e t— le a r n in g to w r ite th e m and read th em . A ft e r y o u le a rn th e sy m b o ls, y o u can b re a k them d ow n b y v o w e ls and co n s o n a n ts w it h the ad d ed d ip th o n g s , w h ic h a re th e c o m b in a tio n s o f v o w e ls an d co n s o n a n ts cre a te d to re p r e se n t th e so u n d s n o t in clu d e d in th e first 36 sou n d s o f th e A lp h a b e t. In p r o n o u n c in g th e G lo b a l A lp h a bet, r e m e m b e r a lw a ys th a t each sy m b o l r e p r e s e n ts a d e fin ite sou n d . I t is th e sou n d o f th e le t te r o r sy l la b le u n d e r sc o r e d . T h e in d iv id u a l w o r d s u sed in th e illu s tr a tio n h a v e n o c o n n e c t io n w ith the A lp h a b e t. T h e y a re u sed o n ly to c o n v e y th e sou n d o f th e sy m b o l. T h o s e c h o se n are sim p le and e a sily r e m e m b e re d . In p r o n o u n c in g th e w o r d “ B A R ” in th e illu stra tio n , y o u w ill find th e le t te r “ A ” has the sou n d o f “ a h ” b y d ro p p in g le tte r s B a n d R . T h a t is th e sou n d r e p r e se n te d b y th e sy m b o l to the r ig h t o f “ B A R .” In th e w o r d “ B ID E ,” as a n o th e r e x a m p le , th e p h o n e tic so u n d is " i ” o r “ e y e ” b y d r o p p in g th e B an d D E . B y d r o p p in g th e le t te r H as In d i ca ted in th e w o r d “ H E ” y o u g e t th e p h o n e tic sou n d " e e ” as in "G le e ," arid so fo r th . W h e n y o u h a v e le a rn e d th e so u n d s an d sy m b o ls, h o w d o y o u b e g in t o w r ite w o r d s ? S ta r t w it h th e s h o rtsim p le w o r d s . M ak e up w o r d s VOWELS CONSONANTS Ear A Ba / Eat •A Du / B a] 1 Baby It (y rt X Bj.de Fu Pu Tu Vu -r fret L> Gu /*<+■ Hu JL 'JL He J — Lu Her T$ * Go Got For Ku Ju I n Hu V Too But u V o 'Mu Su Few B oy SA Hu Zu Cow V?u SIX ADDED FORMS Church C- Thick Ship list 'sis \ lu urgu Hears n Ps. (2b) fcw f^
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