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Learn to Read
Faster Do you read fast or do you read slow? Do you have to
reread a sentence sometimes to get its full meaning? If
you read at less than 100 words per minute, you are
reading below standard level. Now you can double ortriple your reading speed with a new word recognition
course. Whether you are a student, high school
graduate, college graduate, or if you just want to read
faster, you can do it. Even if you didn’t finish high
school, you can still learn to read faster on your own.
A Self-Teaching Course
To use this program for your school or learning center or to get
a workbook for teaching your child, contact Dennis Brooks. Also,
help improve the course, send your comments. Email:
Buy online: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/dennisbrooks
Book Number: 543-2-09832-111-31
© Copyright, Dennis Brooks, 2011 , All Rights Reserved
ISBN: 978-1-105-06998-7
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Table of Contents
Introduction 4
Words With Syllable Stress 4
Lesson Groups 6
How to Study 6
Phonetic Speed Drills and Tests 7
Common Study words 8
Uncommon Words I 17
Uncommon Words II 34
How to Push Yourself to Read Faster 91
Teach Yourself Phonics 100
Learn Phonics 101
The schwa and Other Sounds 104
The Phonetic Language 107
Phonetic Reading Drills 108
Speed Reading 110
About the Author 110
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Introduction
Learn to Read Faster does three things: It speeds up the process for people just learning
how to read. It helps those who already know how to read learn
to read faster. It is also for fast readers who want to improve
their reading speed without having to take another
class.
This course teaches rapid reading through
pronunciation, syllabification, visualization, and
memorization. Students learn new words and advance torapid reading quickly with this new multi-sensory
learning process.
Learn to Read Faster lets you read faster in spite of
hearing loss, speech impediment, or other learning
problems. It is also great for adults who are just
learning to read.
Words With Syllable Stress
Syllable stress:
· The syllables with the highest stress will have a
high mark (•) before them.
· The syllables with the lowest stress will have a
low mark (.) before them.
· The syllables which are unstressed will have a
dash (-) or no mark at all before them.
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Lesson Groups
How to Study the Whole Word with Say-Spell-Say
When you study, each word will be written in anexpanded form and laid out for pronunciation, spelling,
and syllabification. This lets you study and learn the
whole word in all of its forms.
This is how to study each word:
nol.ij
k n o w l e d g e
•know.ledge
1. Pronounce the word first: nol.ij
2. Read the spelling next: k n o w l e d g e
3. Say the word again: •know.ledge
Each word will be registered in your memory for rapid
reading recall when you can look away, pronounce, and
spell it correctly. This happens automatically when
practicing the say-spell-say drills.
4. Finally, to test yourself after studying a
lesson, read down the list of alphabetic (bold) words
letting their pronunciation come to you without saying
them.
Each time your eyes contact a word, its spelling and
pronunciation should come to you automatically. If you
cannot read each word in the test quickly and smoothly,
simply restudy the lesson and try it again. Restudying
the phonetic core of the words trains you to read them
faster.
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Common Study-words
Instruction: 1. Pronounce the word first: nol.ij
2. Read the spelling next: k n o w l e d g e 3. Say the word again: •know.ledge
Finally, read down the list of bold words letting their
pronunciation come to you.
Pronunciation: Highest stress (•), lowest stress (.),
unstressed syllables (-).
pri.tep r e t t y•pret-ty
ol.m ost a l m o s t•al.most
pe.pelp e o p l e•peo-ple
a.frad a f r a i da•fraid
fa.ther
f a t h e r•fa-ther
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fam.i.le f a m i l y•fam-i-ly
fa. mus
f a m o u s•fa-mous
per.son p e r s o n•per-son
ol.waz a l w a y s•al.ways
a.mount
a m o u n ta•mount
se.konds e c o n d•se-cond
be ka m b e c a m ebe•came
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sis.ter s i s t e r•sis-ter
slo.le
s l o w l y•slow-ly
be.ko m
b e c o m ebe•come
m o.ther
m o t h e r•mo-ther
out.sid
o u t s i d e•out-side
ol.re.de a l r e a d yal•rea-dy
be.kozb e c a u s ebe•cause
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far.merz
f a r m e r s•far-mers
pik.chur
p i c t u r e•pic-ture
te.cher t e a c h e r•tea-cher
no.thing n o t h i n g
•no-thing
be.twen b e t w e e nbe•tween
pro.ble m
p r o b l e m •pro-blem
so m.wun s o m e o n e •some.one
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bro.ther b r o t h e r•bro-ther
re. mem.berr e m e m b e rre•mem-ber
en.e.thing
a n y t h i n g•an-y.thing
chil.dren
c h i l d r e n•chil-dren
too.ge.ther
t o g e t h e rto•ge-ther
stoo.dentss t u d e n t s•stu-dents
a.di.shona d d i t i o nad•di-tion
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so m.thing
s o m e t h i n g•some.thing
so m.ti mzs o m e t i m e s•some.times
them.selvz
t h e m s e l v e sthem•selves
grand.m o.ther
g r a n d m o t h e r
•grand.mother
grand.fa.ther
g r a n d f a t h e r•grand.fa-ther
af.ter.noon
a f t e r n o o n
•af-ter.noon
skool.room s c h o o l r o o m
•school.room
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byoo.ti.fulb e a u t i f u l•beau-ti-ful
un.der.stand
u n d e r s t a n d.un-der•stand
dik.sho.na.re
d i c t i o n a r y
•dic-tio.na-ry
dif.rens
d i f f e r e n c e•dif-ference
ev.re.thing
e v e r y t h i n g•eve-ry.thing
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Take the Test
Instructions: When testing, scan and read each word
silently before pronouncing it at a whisper. Withenough practice, you will start using scanning
automatically when you read out loud. For reading
drills, read the words out loud as fast as you can.
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Common Words Test (69)
p r e t t y a l m o s tp e o p l e a f r a i df a t h e r f a m i l yf a m o u s p e r s o na l w a y s a m o u n ts e c o n d b e c a m es i s t e r s l o w l yb e c o m e m o t h e ro u t s i d e a l r e a d yb e c a u s e f a r m e r s
p i c t u r e t e a c h e r
n o t h i n g b e t w e e n
p r o b l e m s o m e o n e
b r o t h e r r e m e m b e r
a n y t h i n g c h i l d r e nt o g e t h e r s t u d e n t sa d d i t i o n s o m e t h i n g
s o m e t i m e st h e m s e l v e sg r a n d m o t h e r
g r a n d f a t h e ra f t e r n o o n
s c h o o l r o o m
b e a u t i f u lu n d e r s t a n d
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Uncommon Words I
in.fun.se simp.to m
i n f a n c y s y m p t o m
in•fan-cy •symp-tom
kwik.le mag.ni.fi
q u i c k l y m a g n i f y
quick-ly •mag-ni.fy
roo.ten ab.do. men
r o u t i n e a b d o m e nrou•tine •ab-do-men bi.ol.o.je adn.enb i o l o g y a d e n i n ebi•ol-o-gy aden.ine em.pa.the che.ta
e m p a t h y c h e e t a h
•em-pa-thy •chee-tah his.to.re per.senth i s t o r y p e r c e n t•his-to-ry per•cent
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thi.a.min form.yu.la
t h i a m i n f o r m u l a
•thi-a-min •form-u-la
the.ra.pe fed.e.ral
t h e r a p y f e d e r a l •ther-a-py •fed-er-al
sur.pas pa.shent
s u r p a s s p a t i e n t sur•pass •pa-tient re.zults av.er.ij
r e s u l t s a v e r a g e re•sults •av-er-age
na.shon.al mul.ti.pel
n a t i o n a l m u l t i p l e•na-tion-al •mul-ti-ple
frend.le si.to.sen
f r i e n d l y c y t o s i n e•friend-ly •cy-to.sine
men.ta.le sim.e.tre m e n t a l l y s y m m e t r y•men-tal-ly •sym-me-try
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ri.bo.so m skan.ing
r i b o s o m e s c a n n i n g•ri-bo.some scan-ning
ro.ta.shon fed.bak
r o t a t i o n f e e d b a c kro-ta•tion •feed.back ad.he.zhin si.lin.dera d h e s i o n c y l i n d e r
ad•he-sion •cyl-in-der ka.pas.i.te bra.kits
c a p a c i t y b r a c k e t sca•pac-i-ty •brac-kets su.pres su.pe.re.or
s u p p r e s s s u p e r i o rsup•press su•pe-ri-or do.na.ting e.val.yoo.at
d o n a t i n g e v a l u a t edo•nat-ing e•val-u.ate
ho.lis.tik im.a.choorh o l i s t i c i m m a t u r eho•lis-tic .im-ma•ture
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po.la.ri.te pig.ments
p o l a r i t y p i g m e n t spo•la-ri-ty •pig-ments
poz.i.tiv at.i.tyood
p o s i t i v e a t t i t u d e•pos-i-tive •at-ti.tude ko.li.se.um hos.pi.tal
c o l i s e u m h o s p i t a l.col-i•se-um •hos.pi-tal
se.re.bral im.pak.ted
c e r e b r a l i m p a c t e d
ce•re-bral im•pac-ted
with.dro ver.te.bra
w i t h d r a w v e r t e b r a with-draw •ver-te-bra
tor.tos dom.i.nat
t o r t o i s e d o m i n a t e
•tor-toise •dom-i.nate
chur.chez med.i.sinc h u r c h e s m e d i c i n e
chur-ches •med-i-cine
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kon.dens lem.on.ad
c o n d e n s e l e m o n a d e
con•dense .lem-on•ade
par.ti.kel part.nerz
p a r t i c l e p a r t n e r s
•par-ti-cle •part.ners
re.spons oint.ment
r e s p o n s e o i n t m e n t
re•sponse •oint-ment
in.ti.mit myoo.ta.shon
i n t i m a t e m u t a t i o n
•in-ti-mate mu•ta-tion
kyoo.kum.ber ko.he.zhin
c u c u m b e r c o h e s i o n•cu.cum-ber co•he-sion
i.myoo.ni.te he.red.i.te
i m m u n i t y h e r e d i t yim•mu-ni-ty he•red-i-ty
is.o.la.ted e.pu.lep.sei s o l a t e d e p i l e p s y
•is-o.la-ted •ep-i.lep-sy
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hi.dra.ted ep.i.dem.ik
h y d r a t e d e p i d e m i c
•hy.dra-ted .ep-i•dem-ic
en.tha.lpe in.som.ne.ae n t h a l p y i n s o m n i a
•en.tha-lpy in•som-ni-a
m a.nyoo.ver stim.yoo.lus
m a n e u v e r s t i m u l u s
ma•neu-ver •stim-u-lus
in.fyoo.zhin in.fe.ri.or
i n f u s i o n i n f e r i o r
in•fu-sion in•fe-ri-or
pa.ra.noid o.di.to.re
p a r a n o i d a u d i t o r y•para.noid •au-di.to-ry
ser.vi.kal e.kwa.zhin
c e r v i c a l e q u a t i o n•cer-vi-cal e•qua-tion
sed.i.ment di.no.sars e d i m e n t d i n o s a u r
•sed-i-ment •di-no.saur
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par.a.ket par.a.sit
p a r a k e e t p a r a s i t e
•par-a.keet •par-a.site
pro.found dis.a.beld
p r o f o u n d d i s a b l e d
pro•found dis•a-bled
swel.ing far.m a.se
s w e l l i n g p h a r m a c y
•swell.ing •phar-ma-cy
mol.e.kyool skel.e.tin
m o l e c u l e s k e l e t o n
•mol-e.cule •skel-e-ton
i.de.ol.o.je nyoo.tre.ent
i d e o l o g y n u t r i e n t.i-de•ol-o-gy •nu-tri-ent
spe.sif.ik e.fyoo.zhin
s p e c i f i c e f f u s i o n
spe•cif-ic ef•fu-sion
kil.o.gram sik.li.kalk i l o g r a m c y c l i c a l
•kilo.gram •cy.cli-cal
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de. men.sha froi.de.an
d e m e n t i a F r e u d i a n
de•men.tia •Freud-i-an
re.tar.ded de.loo.zhin
r e t a r d e d d e l u s i o n
re•tar.ded de.lu-sion o.ton.o.m e be.hav.yor
a u t o n o m y b e h a v i o r
au•ton-o-my be•hav-ior eks.po.zhur fez.ant
e x p o s u r e p h e a s a n t
ex•po-sure •pheas-ant
fiz.i.kal be.lit.el
p h y s i c a l b e l i t t l e•phys-i-cal be•lit-tle
be.trad glou.ko.m a
b e t r a y e d g l a u c o m a
be•trayed glau•co-ma
di.nam.iks frak.churd y n a m i c s f r a c t u r e
dy•nam-ics •frac-ture
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je.no.tip klav.i.kel
g e n o t y p e c l a v i c l e
•ge-no.type •clav-i-cle
a.fer.ent i.loo.zhin
a f f e r e n t i l l u s i o n
•af-fer-ent il•lu-sion
vol.a.til den.drit
v o l a t i l e d e n d r i t e
•vol-a-tile •den-drite
sin.dro m punk.choo.ul
s y n d r o m e p u n c t u a l
•syn.drome •punc-tu-al
kwa.drant kwa.le.te
q u a d r a n t q u a l i t y•quad-rant •qual-i-ty
loud.nes flek.si.bell o u d n e s s f l e x i b l e
loud-ness •flex-i-ble bak.bon kat.a.listb a c k b o n e c a t a l y s t
•back.bone •cat-a-lyst
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mak.a.ro.ni kat.a.rakt
m a c a r o n i c a t a r a c t
.mac-a•ro-ni •ca-ta.ract
am.pyoo.tat o.ver.dos
a m p u t a t e o v e r d o s e
•am-pu.tate •o-ver.dose
tem.po.rul de. men.tedt e m p o r a l d e m e n t e d
•tem-po-ral de•men-teddi.am.e.ter an.te.ri.or
d i a m e t e r a n t e r i o r
di•am-e-ter an•te-ri-or
di.a.re.a ter.m i.nal
d i a r r h e a t e r m i n a l.di-ar•rhe-a •ter-mi-nal
thal.a.mus an.ti.bod.e
t h a l a m u s a n t i b o d y
•thal-a-mus •an-ti.bod-y
bak.te.re.a m o.ti.vatb a c t e r i a m o t i v a t e
bac•te-ri-a •mo-ti.vate
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trans.mit rek.les
t r a n s m i t r e c k l e s s
trans•mit •reck-less
a.kwird mon.o.ton
a c q u i r e d m o n o t o n e
ac•quired •mon-o.tone
noo.ro.sis mo.ral.i.te
n e u r o s i s m o r a l i t y
neu•ro-sis mo•ral-i-ty
do.nut do.na.shon
d o u g h n u t d o n a t i o n
•dough.nut do•na-tion
pre.shur dis.purs
p r e s s u r e d i s p e r s e•pres-sure dis•perse
re.kov.er.e kon.stant
r e c o v e r y c o n s t a n t
re•cov-er-y •con-stant
dres.ing e.lek.trond r e s s i n g e l e c t r o n
•dress-ing e•lec.tron
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floo.i.di.te m o.bil.i.te
f l u i d i t y m o b i l i t yflu•i-di-ty mo•bil-i-ty
ke.mi.kal mo.di.fid
c h e m i c a l m o d i f i e d
•chem-i-cal •modi.fied
no.ta.shon yoo.ro.pe.an
n o t a t i o n E u r o p e a n
no•ta-tion .Eu-ro•pean
mod.er.at ret.i.kyool
m o d e r a t e r e t i c u l e
•mod-er-ate •ret-i.cule
jap.a.nes ab.nor.m al
J a p a n e s e a b n o r m a l.Jap-a•nese ab•nor-mal
for.mer.le ad.vansd
f o r m e r l y a d v a n c e d
•for-mer-ly ad•vanced
moov.ment ko m.bak m o v e m e n t c o m e b a c k
•move.ment •come.back
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re.ak.shon in.ti.m a.se
r e a c t i o n i n t i m a c y
re•ac-tion •in-ti-ma-cy
e.m o.shon.al nyoo.m on.ya
e m o t i o n a l p n e u m o n i a
e•mo-tion-al pneu•mon-ia
ek.sten.shon a.bun.dans
e x t e n s i o n a b u n d a n c e
ex•ten.sion a•bun-dance
en.do.pla-zum cham.pan
e n d o p l a s m c h a m p a g n e
•en-do.plasm cham•pagne
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Uncommon Words I, Test (174)
Take the Test
Instructions: When testing, scan and read each wordsilently before pronouncing it at a whisper. With
enough practice, you will start using scanning
automatically when you read out loud. For readingdrills, read the words out loud as fast as you can.
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i n f a n c y s y m p t o m
q u i c k l y m a g n i f y
r o u t i n e a b d o m e n
b i o l o g y a d e n i n ee m p a t h y c h e e t a h
h i s t o r y p e r c e n tt h i a m i n f o r m u l a
t h e r a p y f e d e r a l s u r p a s s p a t i e n t r e s u l t s a v e r a g e n a t i o n a l m u l t i p l ef r i e n d l y c y t o s i n e m e n t a l l y s y m m e t r yr i b o s o m e s c a n n i n gr o t a t i o n f e e d b a c ka d h e s i o n c y l i n d e r
c a p a c i t y b r a c k e t ss u p p r e s s s u p e r i o rd o n a t i n g e v a l u a t eh o l i s t i c i m m a t u r ep o l a r i t y p i g m e n t sp o s i t i v e a t t i t u d ec o l i s e u m h o s p i t a lc e r e b r a l i m p a c t e d
w i t h d r a w v e r t e b r at o r t o i s e d o m i n a t e
c h u r c h e s m e d i c i n e
c o n d e n s e l e m o n a d e
p a r t i c l e p a r t n e r s
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r e s p o n s e o i n t m e n t
i n t i m a t e m u t a t i o n
c u c u m b e r c o h e s i o n
i m m u n i t y h e r e d i t yi s o l a t e d e p i l e p s y
h y d r a t e d e p i d e m i c
e n t h a l p y i n s o m n i a
m a n e u v e r s t i m u l u s
i n f u s i o n i n f e r i o r
p a r a n o i d a u d i t o r y
c e r v i c a l e q u a t i o ns e d i m e n t d i n o s a u r
p a r a k e e t p a r a s i t e
p r o f o u n d d i s a b l e d
s w e l l i n g p h a r m a c y
m o l e c u l e s k e l e t o n
i d e o l o g y n u t r i e n t
s p e c i f i c e f f u s i o nk i l o g r a m c y c l i c a l
d e m e n t i a F r e u d i a n
r e t a r d e d d e l u s i o n
a u t o n o m y b e h a v i o r
e x p o s u r e p h e a s a n t
p h y s i c a l b e l i t t l e
b e t r a y e d g l a u c o m ad y n a m i c s f r a c t u r e
g e n o t y p e c l a v i c l e
a f f e r e n t i l l u s i o n
v o l a t i l e d e n d r i t e
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s y n d r o m e p u n c t u a l
q u a d r a n t q u a l i t y
l o u d n e s s f l e x i b l e
b a c k b o n e c a t a l y s t m a c a r o n i c a t a r a c t
a m p u t a t e o v e r d o s e
t e m p o r a l d e m e n t e d
d i a m e t e r a n t e r i o r
d i a r r h e a t e r m i n a l
t h a l a m u s a n t i b o d y
b a c t e r i a m o t i v a t et r a n s m i t r e c k l e s s
a c q u i r e d m o n o t o n e
n e u r o s i s m o r a l i t y
d o u g h n u t d o n a t i o n
p r e s s u r e d i s p e r s e
r e c o v e r y c o n s t a n t
d r e s s i n g e l e c t r o nf l u i d i t y m o b i l i t yc h e m i c a l m o d i f i e d
n o t a t i o n E u r o p e a n
m o d e r a t e r e t i c u l e
J a p a n e s e a b n o r m a l
f o r m e r l y a d v a n c e d
m o v e m e n t c o m e b a c kr e a c t i o n i n t i m a c y
e m o t i o n a l p n e u m o n i a
e x t e n s i o n a b u n d a n c e
e n d o p l a s m c h a m p a g n e
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Uncommon Words II
arm.a.di.lo
a r m a d i l l o .ar-ma•dil-lo
hi.er.ar.keh i e r a r c h y •hi-er.ar-chy
im.po.tensi m p o t e n c e •im-po-tence
kon.tin.yood
c o n t i n u e d con•tin-ued
ma.ri.wo.na
m a r i j u a n a .ma-ri•jua-na ev.o.loo.shon
e v o l u t i o n .ev-o•lu-tion
kon.tan.er
c o n t a i n e r con•tain-er
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About the Author
Dennis Brooks was a senior instructor and curriculum
developer for the US army. After retiring, he attended
college while working as an assistant teacher. After a
while, he was put in charge of a third-grade reading
program, which had eighteen students. The workbooks used
for teaching reading at the time, taught reading with
phonics using diacritical marks, which were confusing for
both the teachers and students. Also, the students had to
refer to a pronunciation key in the back of the book to
match the sounds to the words before they could pronounce
them correctly. This was a slow learning process but it
worked for the majority of the students and they made
regular progress.
Classroom teachers usually scheduled reading on Wednesdays
when they were meeting with the principal. That is when
Dennis usually taught reading. Several of the students
needed additional remedial reading, which took place in the
back of the classroom. Using his experience as a curriculum
developer, Dennis began writing special lessons for those
students. Using the dictionary, he carefully wrote out a
list of troublesome words with their phonetic versions next
to them. This gave the student a ready reference forpronouncing the troublesome words. After a while, the
students were tested without the phonetic clues.
eight = at great = grat though = tho high = hi
As time went by, they learned to read all the single
syllable words. Then Dennis made lists of common multi-
syllable words with their phonetic forms next to them. This
helped the students learn to sound out the common words
that made up their speaking vocabulary.
knowledge=nolij community=ko myoonite secretary=skeretere
Some students were still having trouble sounding out multi-
syllable words that they understood but did not use in
their speaking vocabulary. To solve this problem, Dennis
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divided the words into syllables and included them as a
third form.
en.e.thing = an-y-thing = anythingchil.dren = chil-dren = childrenDennis taught reading for six years, while continuing to
develop and expand his reading program. After moving to
Hawaii, he started working as a private tutor, teaching
children with various reading problems including those who
spoke English as a second language. When higher functioning
second language learners had trouble sounding out both
common and uncommon multi-syllable words, he had to find a
solution to the problem. Since the students had no way of
knowing how to vary the tones of the syllables to make the words easier to pronounce correctly, they generally read
the syllable with a flat even tone. To solve this problem,
Dennis included the stress marks for each syllable in the
multi-syllable words and explained how to use them.
Note: The high mark (•) is for syllables with high tones,
the low mark (.) is for low tones, and the dash (-) is for
even tones.
too.ge.ther = to•ge-ther = together yes.tur.da = •yes-ter.day = yesterday
stoo.dents = •stu-dents = students
This completed the program for both English speakers and
English language learners.
For teaching early reading skills, Dennis also translated
nursery rhymes and short stories into pure phonics. This
let the students practice their reading with phonics first
so they could sound out and read unfamiliar words. After
they learn the phonetic version of a short story, they
could use the phonetic clues as references to help
pronounce the alphabetic words in the regular versions of
the stories.
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Litl Boi Bloo
Litl Boi Bloo, kum blo yor horn.
The shep’s in the me.do, the kou’z in the korn;
Hwar’z the litl boi hoo m inz the shep?
He’z un.der the ha.stak, fast a.slep!
Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn;
Where's the little boy who minds the sheep?
He's under the haystack, fast asleep!
Dennis put all study-words on lists and arranged them from smallest to largest and did the same thing with the poems
and short stories. This made the reading program a self-
teaching course for most students. Those who have a high
aptitude for languages, regardless of their age, can now
teach themselves to read without constant one-to-one
tutoring. Those who struggle with learning to read simply
need basic instructions and reading assignments, which can
be given as homework. At some point, students will learn to
recognize the phonetic core of the common words and use
those skills to sound out and read many of the 600,000
words that make up the English language.
Dennis has dyslexia and has used the program to improve his
reading skills as well. Since dyslexia hindered his
ability to read, write, and spell; developing, teaching,
and testing this program took place over a span of 20
years. Nevertheless, since developing and testing the
program, he has more than quadrupled his reading speed.
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