Letters or alphabets form the basic elements of word knowledge. Also constituting the symbolic representations of any system of determining spelling and pronunciation of written or spoken language, individual letters are themselves abstract tools created and combined within the human mind to systematically name and describe objects, events and experiences by using a variety of ‘words’.
The learning objective for this module is to enhance each student’s ability to generate and use an agreed alphabetic, letter/word symbolic system, in order to prevent them simply ‘guessing’ or just ‘rote’ learning the correct meaning(s), spellings and pronunciations of words. At the same time, we aim to increase their object; event and experiential vocabulary list and enhance sensitivities towards multiple orientations of letters and word combinations.