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The Letter Sounds. The English language has 26 letters in its alphabet and most experts believe there are 44 letter sounds [The experts debate on anywhere between 39 to 45, but most accept 44]. If there were 44 letters in our alphabet, then reading would really be simple! Each letter would have its own sound.
Part of what makes English difficult to learn is that each letter in the alphabet can represent more than one sound. Plus, since the alphabet only has 26 letters yet represents 44 sounds, many English phonemes are represented by two or three letters working together to represent one sound. Thus, learning just the alphabet sounds would be an incomplete approach to learning English. This video simplifies the American English code by providing just one graphic symbol (via a single letter OR double or triple letter team) for each of the 44 phonemes and 4 blends.