How are English words read? Is it difficult to learn English?

English is the most popular language, which is studied as a foreign language. More and more people dream to master it in perfection and actively use in their life.

At the moment, learning English is verypopular. A huge number of specialists of a foreign language are annually graduated from universities. Universities prepare both professional translators and teachers.

But is English complicated in the study? Is it easy to read on it?

How difficult is it to learn English?

There are excellent news for students of English. Because if you compare with the Russian language, then it is much easier to assimilate. It is known that the English-speaking need to spend more effort to somehow express themselves in Russian than the native speaker of the Russian language - to study English to about the same level. This means that the English language is easy to learn, spending not so much time and energy on it, as required by the study of Russian.

The curious fact that native English envyRussian-speaking. Because they have been able to speak their native language since birth, and the rest have to work long and hard to learn it. But, in turn, Russian speakers also envy the English. After all, it is rather difficult for Russians to understand how the words are read in English. Of course, this topic is explained even in school, but, unfortunately, not all of it is learned.

In English, a large number of nounsacts also in the role of verbs, and, most importantly, it happens without changing the spelling. That is, you should remember only one word, and learn two at once.

English is quite easy to use. In most cases, it is very easy to compose a phrase - as in a simple and logical constructor.

What are some of the difficulties encountered while studying English?

The main difficulty in English ispronunciation and rules of reading English words. To properly do this, it is not enough just to learn the alphabet and the basic set of rules. Of course, systemic dependencies are present, but, unfortunately, exceptions are almost half of all the words of English vocabulary. Therefore, students have no choice in the language, and they simply need to remember the pronunciation of the words-exceptions.

It should also be noted that in Englishpronunciation there is one difficulty, which is not easy to cope with. It consists in the fact that several sounds have no analogue in Russian. It is necessary to get used to this. However, for starters, the correct pronunciation is not required at all. This is acquired with experience, in the process of communicating with native speakers of the language. For quite understandable English speech, first Russian transcription will be enough.

The English-speaking world is so huge that in itthere are many different dialects. Therefore, to begin with, the most important thing is that you are understood. And you could translate what foreigners say. There is no doubt that with practice, pronunciation will be honed and become better and better.

And now it is necessary to give an answer to the question of how to read English words.

English letters and sounds

As for the reading rules in the language being studied,it is important to note that they are extensive and quite complex, because there are some discrepancies between letters and sounds. In what way is this expressed? The English alphabet has 26 letters and as many as 44 sounds. This affects when reading. Different letters can produce different sounds, being in different positions. This, as a rule, is transmitted by means of conventions, which are called transcription. Therefore it is very important to know how to read English words, otherwise you can make many mistakes. In dictionaries, together with the concept in square brackets, transcription is indicated, which facilitates the study of vocabulary.

General rules

Now we are talking about the general rules of reading. After all, every beginner to learn English should know how to read English words. So:

• First, you need to understand that the rules in English do not work all the time.
• Secondly, the language being studied is vocal, and therefore there is a vowel in each syllable.
• Thirdly, it is necessary to know that if two consonants are combined and create a new sound, this is usually called a consonant digraph. These include sh, ch, th, ph and wh.
• Fourthly, when the syllable ends with a consonant sound, the vowel will always be short.

Types of reading vowels in English

There are four types of reading vowels:

• The first type is an open syllable. It ends with a vowel letter, which in this case is read according to the alphabet.
• The second type is a closed syllable that ends with a consonant letter. In this case, the vowel becomes brief.
• The third type of reading is the combination of a vowel + the letter "r", which affects the sound of a vowel in the root of the word, giving it a length.
• IV type of reading is the combination of a vowel + the letter "r" + a vowel. "R" in this case also will not be read.

In general, the English language is not so complicated,However, with some difficulties, the students still encounter. To understand how to read English words, you need to memorize not only reading rules, but also words-exceptions.