Reading and writing English means working with a script that's simple in letter count but irregular in how those letters map to sounds — which changes how reading skill is best built, compared to a more phonetic language.
Because so many common English words don't follow predictable spelling-to-sound rules ("said," "was," "one"), fluent reading relies heavily on recognizing whole common words by sight, not sounding them out letter by letter every time — a different strategy than languages with more phonetic spelling, like Latvian or Turkish.
English uses a fairly standard set of punctuation (periods, commas, question marks) but with specific rules around quotation marks, apostrophes for possession and contractions ("it's" vs. "its"), and capitalization of proper nouns — all worth learning deliberately rather than picking up by osmosis.
Because many common English words don't follow predictable spelling-to-sound rules ("said," "was," "one"), so fluent readers rely on recognizing whole common words by sight rather than sounding out every letter.
The difference between "it's" (a contraction of "it is") and "its" (the possessive form) — they sound identical but are spelled differently and often confused even by advanced learners.
In terms of predicting pronunciation from spelling, yes — English requires more sight-word memorization than a closely phonetic language like Latvian or Turkish.
Yes, including sight-word practice and audio-based pronunciation reinforcement, following Tarc's existing course approach.
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