Friendly Phonics 2: Must-Know Digraph Sounds app for iPhone and iPad

This is the second app in the Friendly Phonics series, created by Dawn Matthews.

Congratulations you are now ready for Friendly Phonics 2 -Must Know Digraph Sounds.

English has often been described as the most descriptive and creative language. But first we have, unlike most other languages, to learn the secret code of how to spell it. Forget anything you have been told about English spelling being logical and simple. Its not, in fact much of the spelling is just plain dumb. You will notice this as you progress through friendly phonics.

Luckily we have made this app even more beautiful and interesting than the last one, and just as addictive and fun. This will make learning to read and write in English enjoyable and distract you from falling into the trap of getting just plain confused and frustrated by how many different possibilities there are of spelling simple words.

Digraph, like so many words, has Greek and Latin origins and literally means “2 letters”. They are pairs of letters that together make a sound different than each letter alone, unlike a blend, where both letters are heard or spoken.

Sounds logical but some digraphs sounds can have two different sounds, like “ow”, and some sounds like “ar” and “ir” can be made in several ways. But you dont have to know this or understand why to learn English. Just have fun and try not to think about learning and suddenly you will realise that you know how to spell and read.

This app is called “Must Know Digraphs” because these are the ones you must know to navigate the written page. There are though, lots more of them lurking away in English spelling, which is why we intend to keep making new apps and to ensure that each one is different and more intriguing than the last. We are listening to what you say about us and your feedback helps us in designing the next app and to ensure it’s better than the last. It’s a fun way of enjoying your spare time and learning, possibly, a new language.

Art work again by world famous artist Dawn Matthews and put together by a new, young, talented and very innovative apps team, this has some new voices and inspiringly different animations. Buy the extra images for more pleasure.

Remember that although Dawn, is now very successful as an educational consultant as well as a writer and artist she never actually learnt properly to read until she was 8 and her spelling right through high school, in a before-computer world, was at best, described as bizarre.

This app teaches in the way Dawn learnt, and extends this multi-sensory teaching to cover the more complex and difficult areas of spelling and reading in English.

Designed and built by creative thinkers, who believe in pushing the limits if technology, to achieve the very best, and tested on many students of different ages and cultures, please enjoy Friendly Phonics 2 - Must Know Digraph Sounds.

Happy learning and look out the next in the series which covers every dyslexic school kids worse fears, the dreaded "silent e rule". The rule that causes non-English speaking adults to give up learning English more than any other.

This app is second in a series currently being made that should ensure that every one, what ever his/her age or back grown can learn English without stress and while actually having fun.

App developed by Dapper Apps Pty Ltd.