Surf these sites: American Literacy Council (ALC) -- Provides resources and assistance to persons and organizations involved in the "literacy crisis in America". About ALC, literacy figures, membership, free software, spelling lists #1 and #2, sample lists, spelling matters, ALC mission and Board. Spell-Well trademarked teaching aid. BTRSPL -- Convert whole documents in moments to or from a rational spelling system with this free program! Correct Pronunciation: A Prescriptive Dictionary [in Fanetiks] -- Standard pronunciation for world English by L. Craig Schoonmaker, the inventor of Fanetiks. English Simplified Spelling by Dr. C. George Boeree -- English spelling proposals by Dr. Boeree. Introduction, vowels, consonants, samples from Abraham Lincoln''s "Gettysburg Address" and Hamlet''s Solioquy / "Inglish Simplifid Speling: Introduxion, vowelz, consonants". Note that Dr. Boeree is also the inventor of "Lingua Franca Nova", an International Auxiliary Language. Fanetiks: Reformed (Phonetic) English Spelling -- Fanetiks a spelling reform scheme put forward by L. Craig Schoonmaker. Used successfully as a teaching tool. Mapping of Alternate Notations Onto IPA Phonemes -- Includes mappings of the following proposed language reform schemes: Broad Romic (by Henry Sweet), Chekt Speling (by Steve Bett), SaundSpel (by Ian Ascott), New Spelling (Nue Speling), ALC Fonetik (by the American Literacy Council), TrueTruespel, OGD-Positional (by John Reilly), ANJeL tuN (by Bruce Beach), Unigraf (by Steve Bett). Also Globish, Shavian, Glossary Extended, Alternate Notations, Links. Mark Twain: A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling -- A short article by Mark Twain on spelling reform in the English language. Phoneticizing Names (Fanetiks) -- Table of first names and surnames according to Fanetiks as proposed by L. Craig Schoonmaker. Two variants are included: "Fanetik Spelling" and "Augméntad Fanétik". Pidgins and Creoles: English-Based Languages Without English Spelling - Article by Valerie Yule -- An article showing how English based pidgins and creoles are written in a reformed and easier-to-read way. Also sections on: Literacy in English and Pidgin / Lessons to be learned / Is English a creole? / Bibliography. Article by Valerie Yule. Additional notes by Steve Bett. Principles of Spelling Reform by Henry Sweet -- Proposals put forward by Henry Sweet as an appendix to "A Handbook of Phonetics". Introduction, choice of letters, employment of letters, transition from and to the present spelling. Representation of vowels, R and its modification, unaccented vowels, consonants, accents and quality, list of English symbols, new types. Varieties of pronunciations, international intelligibility, history and etymology. Page presented in James Chandler''s "Spelling Reform" site. Restored English Spelling - RES -- An initial teaching medium (ITM). "Paving 40 hours to literacy". Examples of Restored Spelling and comparison with other spelling reform schemes. Shavian Alphabet -- Site dedicated to the alphabet created according to George Bernard Shaw''s will. Sections: G.B.Shaw, Introducing Shavian, Explaining Shavian, Phonetics, Practising Shavian (reading, writing, communicating, Virtual Shavian typewriter, Ghoti fingers, Shavian fonts). Pros and Cons. Web links. Extensive resource on Shavian. Site maintained by Lionel Gothi. Shavian Alphabet [Kingsley Read] -- Unicode notations for Shavian, also known as the Shaw Alphabet or the Proposed British Alphabet. It was designed according to George Bernard Shaw''s will for a phonetic presentation of the English language. Shavian ConScript Unicode Standard -- Unicode listing under U+E700 - U+E72F for Shavian, also known as the "Shaw Alphabet" Simple English Conversion -- Select any text in traditional English orthography and get same text back in one of the simplified orthographics from the Simplified Spelling Society (namely Fonetic, Cut Speling, Truspel). Free program. By Steven Bird''s automated BTRSPL converter. Simplified Spelling on WWW -- The Simplified Spelling Society Home page Spel Riet - Spelling and Reading Made Easier -- Spelling reform proposed by P.Cunningham. Sections: Problem with English. The solution: Spel Riet. Summary edition for those in a hurry. Deluxe edition (Problems, solutions, examples). Plan for adopting Spel Riet. Timetable for adoption. Cost of change. Help. Contacts. Spelling Reform Discussion Group / Simplified Spelling Society - Email Directory -- Join the "Spelling Reform" discussion by applying by e-mail to any of the members listed in the directory. Spelling is a social invention: Article by Valerie Yule -- Article on the necessity of spelling reform published in "Social Inventions Journal" in 1993.
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