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The English Pronunciation Code (EPC)
Connecting the Dots for the 1 in 5 at risk of literacy difficulties
The English Pronunciation Code (EPC) is a way of understanding how spoken English maps to written words. It shows that reading and spelling are based on linking phonemes (speech sounds) to graphemes (letters and letter groups) across the whole language.
Unlike limited teaching sequences, the EPC represents the full speech–print system of English, helping learners work out any word, not just those they have already been taught. It can vary from the Phonics Pronunciation Code used by SSP programmes, and the user's Personal Pronunciation Code. This links to their accent. It is expecially useful for the 1 in 5 at risk of literacy difficulties in England.
For more info about the EPC see Phonics Reform England (PRE)
The English Pronunciation Code Clouds
The Whole Alphabetic Code. GPCs taught explicitly within the Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Approach are on the outside.
Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Approach Green, Purple and Yellow Levels align with Letters and Sounds Phase 2 Sets 1 - 5 and Phase 3 Sets 6 - 9.
The SSP Approach Phonics Pronunication Code aligns with the English Pronunciation Code.
The Phonics Pronunciation Code Cloud Poems
The Whole Alphabetic Code. GPCs taught explicitly within the Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Approach are on the outside.
1 in 5 children are at risk of literacy difficulties.
Yet 1 in 4 fail to meet expected standards at KS2.
Start doing this as early as possible!