Different ways to write the alphabet

10 Super Easy Hand Lettering Techniques with an Artful Spin

The end results of hand lettering are fun, beautiful, often mesmerizing, and leaving many of us thinking, “I could never do that.” But you can! We have it on good authority that hand lettering doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, you can create easy to intricate letters from A-Z. Joanne Sharpe shares 10 hand lettering techniques, from simple to complex, that are all simple to follow and fun to do, excerpted from her book Artful Alphabets.

And remember rule #1 for hand lettering: enjoy the process and embrace “imperfections” as you go! If you purchase your copy of Artful Alphabets now, you will also get a bonus hand lettering lesson free!

10 Hand Lettering Techniques from Easy to Intricate

Hand lettering art can absolutely be a stress-free process, as you explore the components of letters and how they become art images. These hand lettering techniques are somewhat easier than traditional calligraphy or type design because your personal handwriting will be used as the style foundation for each new alphabet and won’t require involve years of practice for immediate success.

As we get started, keep in mind it’s OK to copy at first to get comfortable and confident with the creative lettering process. Be inspired by each sample alphabet and imitate the details. But don’t ever be afraid to put a little spin on the ideas to make the hand lettering reflect your own personal style and your creative voice.

Artful Calligraphy

If you’ve never had formal lessons in calligraphy, try using a specific calligraphy marker to make a stylized alphabet with your own handwriting. You can achieve a lettering look unique to you using the features of a chisel-tip marker and being comfortable with your hand movement and letter formation.

Materials list:

• Black Elegant Writer Calligraphy Pen, medium point
• Bristol paper
• Ruler
• Waterbrush

1. Create guidelines that are 1-inch (25mm) tall. Inside the lines, hold the Elegant Writer medium-sized calligraphy pen at a 45-degree angle and write the upper and lowercase alphabet.

2. On the next row, write the letters with the same pen but on a slant for a slightly more stylized look.

3. On the next row, write the letters at a back and forth slant with a flourish at the end, making the 45-degree angle of the pen do the work for you. You can also explore a new look by wetting the edges of the letters with a waterbrush to let the ink pool out.

Great Gray Shadows

Create some dimension and drama using a basic chisel-tip-marker font with gray shadows along each letter. This bold hand lettering technique is super simple yet always impressive.

Materials list:

• Black and gray Copic permanent markers
• Bristol paper

1. Write the alphabet using the broad chisel tip of a black permanent marker to create the uppercase bold alphabet.

2. Use the pointed tip of the chisel to draw the lowercase alphabet.

3. Using the brush end of a gray permanent marker, add the shadow along the left edge of each letter so the light seems to come from the right.

Matisse Inspired

Study famous artists and their signature styles, techniques and characteristics to create new letters. This sampler imitates the typical colors, bulbous shapes and moving line forms in the art of Henri Matisse. What other artists could inspire letterforms?

Materials list:

• Bristol paper
• Pencil
• Prismacolor markers

1. Study the style of your favorite artist and sketch the alphabet on the paper using a pencil. This hand lettering example uses the whimsical colors and letter shapes inspired by Henri Matisse. Identify characteristics of Matisse’s style such as the color palette, brushstrokes and line formation that could be used as letters. Use the stylized shapes on each alphabet letter.

2. Color the hand-drawn letters, creating rounded edges, drips and split tips to make a complete alphabet.

Watercolor Puddlers

Let puddles of watercolor create colorful, light and airy letters.

Materials list:

• No. 4 and 6 round brushes
• Waterbrush
• Watercolor paints, liquid and pan
• Watercolor paint

1. Lightly pencil the outline of a hollow alphabet if you need to. Using a paintbrush, write the letter of the alphabet with clean water, creating a water path. It will take a few tries to gauge just the right amount of water. You don’t want too much or too little, so experiment and practice first.

2. To paint the letters, drop in watercolor paints and let the colors pool, allowing them to migrate and swirl to fill the letterform. This works especially well with liquid watercolor. Watch the color spread throughout the letter, giving it a somewhat marbled look. Tilt the paper as needed to allow the color to spread through the water. Let the letters dry overnight and then erase the pencil lines.

Seurat’s Dots and Dashes

The style of artist of Georges Seurat is a playful inspiration for an artful alphabet font. Using dots and dashes of color in the impressionistic pointillism style creates an optical treat as the energetic filler for hand-drawn letters.

Materials list:

• Bristol paper
• Eraser
• Pencil
• Prismacolor markers

1. Draw chunky block letters with a pencil. I made some of my letters overlap one another.

2. Using the tip of the end of a marker, add dots to the letterforms. Applying different amounts of pressure will create different-sized dots. Within each letter, use a dark, medium and light shade of the same color to create variation.

3. Erase the pencil lines so the dots and dashes create the letterforms.

4. In other letters, use the bullet tip to fill the letters with dashes going in a variety of directions. Combine dots and dashes within a letter for even more variation.

Floating Feathers

There is so much imagery that can be used as inspiration for letter making. Here I choose feathers and an extra-fine pen to draw letterforms that create a whole alphabet.

Materials list:

• Black uni-ball Vision pen
• Bristol paper or cardstock
• Eraser
• Pencil

1. Sketch the alphabet in upper and lowercase using a pencil. Elongate or change the letter shape slightly to make a more interesting letter. Using a black permanent pen, turn the stem of each letter into the center of a feather with wavy feather lines coming out from it.

2. Add dots around the letters to give them an airy, floating appearance. Erase any visible pencil lines.

Watercolor Ombré

Draw big, bold letters and add watercolor paint in the colors to create a blended, ombré effect.

Materials list

• Eraser
• No. 4 or 6 round paintbrush
• Pencil
• Water container
• Watercolor paint
• Watercolor paper

1. Draw the alphabet in chunky, stylized block letters using a pencil. Fill the shape with clean water (mine is slightly blue here so it photographs clearly).

2. Load a brush with watercolor paint and apply it to the top of the letter.

3. Rinse your brush and gently guide some of the paint from the top of the letter down into the water puddle to create an ombré effect. Work from dark at the top to light at the bottom. Let your alphabet dry completely and then erase the pencil outlines.

Decorative Creative Cursive

Embellish simple, personal handwriting with bold and expressive lines, decorative details and movement in a stylized script or cursive.

Materials list:

• Black Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen
• Bristol paper or cardstock
• Eraser
• Pencil

1. Write the alphabet using a combination of print and cursive letterstrokes. Allow the letters to be fun and whimsical. They don’t have to match.

2. Using black permanent pen, thicken the letters by reshaping and adding weight to random areas.

Bonus tip for better letters: Embellish each letter by drawing leaves or flowers that “grow” off the letterforms or decorate the interior of a letter. Expand the size of the letters by creating spaces to fill with pattern or color. Add a light color shadow and tiny dots around the letters to add interest.

Font in Floral

Embellish simple letterforms with elaborate, colorful and hand-drawn floral and leaf patterns.

Materials list:

• Black ZIG Writer pen
• Eraser
• Markers, watercolor paint or colored pencils
• Pencil
• Watercolor paper

1. Use a pencil to create rounded block letters. Fill the letters with assorted flower shapes and designs using a black waterproof pen. Go all the way to the edges of the letters with the designs.

2. Erase the letterforms leaving just the linked flower design. Add color to the letters using markers, watercolor or colored pencil.

Storybooks and Scenery

Create an optical illusion or trompe l’oeil scenes inside chubby alphabet letters. Draw landscape imagery, such as a garden or beach, so the art reads across the letters.

Materials list:

• Black Platinum Carbon pen
• Colored pencil
• Eraser
• Pencil
• Prismacolor markers
• Watercolor paints and brushes
• Watercolor paper
• Water-soluble markers

1. Sketch the alphabet with a pencil. Outline the letters to create large, soft block letters.

2. Inside the letters, draw scenes or words that illustrate a particular word. In the sample, I illustrated a beach scene insight the word “bliss.” Use ink to go over the scene. Do not ink the outline of the letters.

3. Color the scene with colored pencils, permanent markers, water-soluble markers or watercolor paint. Erase the remaining pencil lines so the letters are created by the sketches inside.

Having a “Look”

If you think all my letters look similar, you are correct. A personal lettering style should reflect and identify the individual creator. All the sample alphabets illustrated here use my personal print or script handwriting as the foundation. Handwriting is unique to each of us, and it’s my hope that as you are inspired by each one of my hand lettering techniques, your personality and style will shine through.

While you work on your artful alphabets and styles, allow your own handwriting to evolve and influence what you create so when someone looks at your lettering, they recognize you in the lettered messages.

You can use your artful hand lettering in many ways, including but not limited to:

• Art journaling
• Card-making
• Planners and bullet journals
• Scrapbooking
• Decorative invitations and announcements
• Envelopes
• Canvas wall art and paintings
• Room décor
• Party and celebration décor
• Handmade gifts and wrapping paper
• Cake decorating
• Signs and banners

Your Next Steps

Did you enjoy these hand lettering techniques? Tell us which one is your favorite in the comments. And, be sure to check out Joanne Sharp’s Artful Alphabets. This easy-to-follow and exciting resource includes 55 inspiring hand lettering techniques and ideas. Why not try them all?

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English Alphabet | Writing | EnglishClub

An alphabet is a set of letters or symbols that we use to represent the basic speech sounds of a language in writing.

This page looks at writing the English alphabet. You can read about pronouncing the English alphabet here.

The English word "alphabet" comes from the Latin word "alphabetum". The Latin word "alphabetum" came from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, "alpha" and "beta".

Letters of the English Alphabet

The English alphabet has 26 letters, starting with a and ending with z. Below you see the whole alphabet.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

The letters above are "small letters". But they can also be written as "large letters" - see below.The letters of the alphabet are also sometimes called "characters".

Small and Large Letters

We can write each letter of the English alphabet as a "small letter" (abc) or as a "large letter" (ABC). Large letters are also called "capital letters" or "capitals".

Below you see the whole alphabet with small letters on the left and capitals on the right:

 a A b B c C d D e E f F g G h H i I j J k K l L m M n N o O p P q Q r R s S t T u U v V w W x X y Y z Z

In informal English, we sometimes call capitals just "caps".

Small letters are sometimes called "lower case" and large letters "upper case". This is because in the old days of printing, before computers, the metal blocks for setting type were kept in two different boxes or "cases": small letters in the bottom or lower case, large letters in the top or upper case.

Font Styles

Printed letters of the alphabet come in different styles or designs. Each style is called a "font". This page shows all 26 characters, as small and large letters, in 5 different styles. Each column displays a different font style, in this order:

1. Serif: with serifs, or little projections, at the end of most strokes
2. Fixed-width: like old typewriter lettering - each letter is about the same width, so "i" takes up the same space as "w"
3. Sans-serif: with no serifs
4. Cursive: like handwriting
5. Fantasy: fancy, artistic

Alphabetical Order

The English alphabet starts with the letter a and finishes with the letter z. We always write the alphabet in the same order:

a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-y-z

A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z

This order is called "alphabetical order". We often write lists in alphabetical order. For example, to write a list of countries in alphabetical order, we start with countries that begin with the letter A, then with countries that begin with B, and so on. For example:

• Australia
• Brazil
• Canada

If more than one word begins with the letter A, we put them in order based on the second letter, and then the third letter, and so on:

• Algeria
• Argentina
• Belgium
• Benin
• Bermuda

We use alphabetical order for many things, for example:

• dictionaries
• indexes of books
• telephone directories

When you write any list, it is a good idea to use alphabetical order. This makes it easy for your reader to find a particular item in the list.

11 amazing and beautiful alphabets of the world

Not everyone who learns a new language necessarily gets acquainted with the new alphabet: today many languages ​​of the world use familiar alphabets, in particular Latin or Cyrillic. However, if you happen to be lucky enough to learn a language with a unique alphabet, it can be a fun and exciting experience. We talk about the 11 most amazing alphabets in the world and, together with an expert, share the secrets of learning them using the example of the Georgian language.

Most people who are only familiar with their own script do not understand that different alphabets work in completely different ways. The way the Cyrillic or Latin alphabet works is by no means universal: for example, in some alphabets, the basic units are not letters representing individual vowels and consonants, but graphemes, which represent whole ideas or concepts. In other alphabets, the base units are syllables rather than individual sounds, and still others are built on combinations of vowels and consonants.

Writing direction: left to right
Number of characters: 38

The Armenian alphabet was developed around 405 AD. e. Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian linguist and spiritual leader. Initially, the system had 36 letters, but three more were subsequently adopted. The alphabet was widely used in the Ottoman Empire around the 18th-19th centuries, and the Armenian language itself is a linguistic curiosity: some of its sounds are not found in other Indo-European languages.

Writing direction: left to right
Number of characters: 47 (33 consonants and 14 vowels)

The Balinese alphabet belongs to the Abugida writing system, one of the main characteristics of which is that the basic units are combinations of consonants and vowels with an emphasis on consonants. The alphabet is mainly used in Bali, Indonesia, where it is commonly known as Aksara Bali and Hanacaraka . The Balinese alphabet is a descendant of the Brahmi script and is today used to write Balinese, Old Javanese and Sanskrit, although the first two have largely switched to the Latin alphabet.

Although the Balinese script is similar to many other Asian languages, it is unusually complex and beautiful. Today, this alphabet is most often used for religious purposes, such as in sacred manuscripts, especially those related to Hinduism. It was once believed that the very writing of this language was sacred and could not be deciphered or even taught unless one had sufficient spiritual power.

Writing direction: left to right
Number of characters: 45 (34 consonants and 11 vowels)

The Burmese alphabet is another descendant of the Brahmi script and consists of beautiful and intricate twists and curls. The alphabet can be traced back at least ten centuries and, like other abugidas, its letters are essentially syllables, with marks known as "diacritics" added to the consonants to indicate the vowel to be used. in syllable. Traditionally written Burmese had no spaces between words, however modern usage has included word spacing in Burmese as this makes the text easier to read. The alphabet consists of round shapes that are always drawn in a clockwise direction, and the reason for the trademark roundness is more practical than aesthetic: palm leaves, which were traditionally carved with letters, were easily torn under straight cuts.

Writing direction: left to right
Number of characters: 38 in the classical alphabet, 33 in the modern alphabet

Sitting between Turkey and Russia, Georgia has its own language and alphabet, which have historically been threatened by the Russian language. The Georgian script is the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, all three are single-row, and their letters have the same name and alphabetical order. Of the three alphabets, Mkhedruli, once the civil royal script of the Kingdom of Georgia, is now the standard script for modern Georgian and its related Kartvelian languages, while Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri are used only by the Georgian Orthodox Churches in ceremonial religious texts and iconography.

Philologist, bilingual, Georgian language teacher since 2014, author of the Georgian language course at the AZRI online school:

The principle of analogy and the uniqueness of language

Learning any foreign language implies a tangible restructuring of the worldview, it is always a journey. And when we come across ancient and rare languages ​​with unique writing, it is also time travel. A significant difference and dissimilarity with our native language in both alphabet and grammar can cause cognitive dissonance. Here I can give the following advice: on the one hand, one should not expect that the language being studied will be so similar to the native or already studied one that one has only to translate the words - and the desired result is obtained. On the other hand, it is quite natural to look for support in the same school course of linguistics, which is served on the example of native and foreign languages. We are very lucky that the grammatical system of the Georgian language largely coincides with Russian, as well as, for example, with French and Spanish. Intersections with other languages ​​can and should be relied upon, because the principle of analogy helps us to cope with the gap between the familiar and the new that we encounter when we start learning a language. At the same time, it is always important to remember that each language is unique and, of course, all analogies have their limits.

Use as many channels of perception as possible

In teaching Georgian, it is relatively easy to influence several channels of perception and activate different types of memory of students due to the fact that the phonetic principle of writing works in it: this means that each of the 33 letters corresponds to exactly one sound and As a result, everything reads exactly as it is written. This is a big plus for all students: in fact, there are no and cannot be any reading rules in Georgian, Georgian words do not need to be transcribed, it is enough to know what sound a particular letter stands for. To reinforce each letter, for example, in the course of our school, we first of all use visual perception (in text, pictures and animations) and auditory perception - we provide voice acting and phonetic video materials for each letter. We also add a tactile component thanks to specially designed recipes - by analogy with those used by Georgian schoolchildren. Of course, this method is not universal, but when studying a rare and unique language, one should try to "attack" the brain with information from several sides at once. There are many proven techniques: you can listen to audio material and "follow" the transcript with your eyes, "mock" the speaker by copying his intonations, take dictation - all these are techniques of increased efficiency.

Individual approach

The process of processing new information is individual, everyone learns new material at a different speed - this is an axiom. But at the same time, there is much that is universal in the mechanism of perception. For example, the associative and game methods are very effective. What does it mean? Most people find it easier to assimilate information by first integrating it into their reality. Having tied this or that information to our consciousness with the help of individual associations, we appropriate this information, it ceases to be alien, it becomes part of us. These two tools - associations and a game - must be used in conjunction, because it is impossible to make a game that does not suit you a part of your life. Let's say one student spends a lot of time in transport. Mobile applications for learning new words that use the spaced repetition method are perfect for him: in a playful way and with the help of associations, they help, as it were, quietly master a large layer of information. And another student, for example, walks a lot, he can play with himself: call in the language that he is currently studying, all the objects that he meets on the way along a repeating route. In this way, he will create this space anew - for his new linguistic personality, which is formed for each language he learns. Associative links will stretch between these objects, it will “come to life”.

Writing direction: right to left
Number of characters: 22

The Hebrew alphabet is the Abjad alphabet, a branch of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet used to write Hebrew and other Hebrew languages, primarily Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo- Persian. Historically, two separate abjad alphabets have been used to write Hebrew. The original Hebrew script, known as the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, is largely preserved in a variation of the Samaritan alphabet. In contrast, the current "Hebrew script" or "square script" is a stylized form of the Aramaic alphabet. The Hebrew alphabet does not have capitals, consists of 22 letters, but when used at the end of a word, five letters have different forms. The Arabic and Hebrew alphabets share similarities because both are derived from the Aramaic alphabet and Paleo-Hebrew.

Writing direction: top to bottom, left to right
Number of characters: 25

Ogham script is another unusual and beautiful font that most people do not even recognize as an alphabet, but take it for decorative painting. However, this is actually a Celtic tree-like alphabet, many of whose letters have their own names, traditionally referring to trees and shrubs. The Ogham script was used for writing in Early Irish and Old Irish, and although it is no longer actively used (except in neopagan rituals), inscriptions can be found throughout Ireland and parts of Britain.

Writing direction: left to right
Number of characters: 86

The Cherokee alphabet is unique not only in its spelling, but also in how it appeared. Unlike most other known styles, it was not developed over time, in the distant past, but was invented quite recently, at the beginning of the 19th century. What is even more amazing is that it was invented by a man named Sequoyah, who had not been able to read before, not only in his native Cherokee language, but in any language at all. After several unsuccessful attempts, during which he first tried to create a symbol for each word of the Cherokee language, and then for all possible concepts, he finally created a more practical alphabet with a symbol for each syllable. The symbols are based on those that Sequoyah found in European books, but since he could not read them, the relationship between letters and sounds is his own invention, which is completely different from the original Latin or Greek letters and sounds. It took the Sequoia about 12 years to complete their alphabet, but it took much less time for it to be adopted by the Cherokee people, despite their initial skepticism and resistance.

Writing direction: left to right
Number of characters: 33 in the basic alphabet (21 consonants and 12 vowels), 54 in the extended alphabet (36 consonants and 18 vowels)

The Sinhalese alphabet is also part of a family that developed from the Brahmi script. The alphabet is widely used in Sri Lanka to write the Sinhalese language, as well as Sanskrit and Pali in religious texts. The Sinhalese alphabet consists of two sets of letters, which is why it is sometimes said that they are actually two separate alphabets. The basic set of letters is used to write words in the native Sinhala language, and the extended set is used for words from Pali, Sanskrit and sometimes English. Sinhalese is considered one of the most widely spoken scripts in the world - still taught in Buddhist monasteries and schools, the language is native to more than half of Sri Lanka's 21 million people.

Writing direction: top to bottom, left to right

The Old Mongolian alphabet, also known as mongol bichig , is a beautiful vertical script in which the letters include separate consonants and vowels. Of course, there are many vertical fonts in the world, but the Mongolian font is especially beautiful and intriguing: the beauty of the font is due to the fact that visual harmony is very important for it, and the intrigue is that the shape of the letter can be changed depending on its position and letter , which follows.

Writing direction: left to right
Number of characters: 26

Ethiopian is a syllabary originally developed to write the ancient Ethiopian Ge'ez language. Currently, geez is not used, except for religious ceremonies in a few churches, the main ones being the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Churches. However, this alphabet was adopted by other languages ​​of Ethiopia and Eritrea, so it is still used quite widely.

Writing direction: left to right
Number of characters: 20 to 33

The Javanese alphabet is closely related to Balinese and is also derived from the Brahmi script, so they have a lot in common: the Javanese script is also richly decorated and decorative and is used in many Indonesian languages, including Sanskrit. While the Balinese alphabet is used for Old Javanese, the Javanese alphabet is used for Modern Javanese. Although the use of the Latin alphabet has increased significantly in recent years, the government is trying to counter this by encouraging the teaching of writing in schools. The number of basic characters in an alphabet depends on which language it is used to write.

English alphabet with pronunciation, transcription and translation (letters and sounds)

How many letters are in the English alphabet

The modern English alphabet contains 26 letters. English sounds were first recorded in the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet as early as the 5th century. Christian missionaries brought to the island not only their religion, but also the Latin alphabet, which began to replace the runic alphabet around the 7th century. For a long time, these two alphabets existed in parallel.

The modern English alphabet (The English alphabet [ˈalfəbɛt]) is based on the Latin alphabet or "Latin". So what is the number in the English alphabet? Unlike the Russian language, which has 33 letters, the English alphabet consists of 26 letters:

• 6 letters can represent vowels: "A", "E", "I", "O", "U", "Y »;
• 21 letters can represent consonants: "B", "C", "D", "F", "G", "H", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N" ”, “P”, “Q”, “R”, “S”, “T”, “V”, “W”, “X”, “Y”, “Z”. 9009four

Below we have added a table where you can see the entire English alphabet with the numbering of letters in order.

By the way, the letter Y can stand for both a vowel and a consonant, and therefore refers to both vowels and consonants.

Americans and British pronounce almost all letters of the English alphabet the same way, except for the last one. The American alphabet differs in that the letter Z is pronounced as "zi" [ziː], and in the British - "zed" [zed].

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Pronunciation of the English alphabet with the names of letters in English and Russian:

Below is a table where we have outlined the English alphabet with translation - transcription and pronunciation in Russian.

Sounds of the English alphabet

We start learning English letters even before we encounter foreign language lessons. We know them even before we start learning English: we meet them at work, when we play computer games or surf the Internet. English words are found everywhere: on advertising posters, in the names of goods, in store signs.

Although the letters may be visually familiar to us, they are not always pronounced the way they are written. The alphabet of the English language for beginners with pronunciation, numbering and translation will help here, because even those who are fluent in foreign languages ​​find it difficult to speak correctly. A typical situation is to spell an English word, for example, to give an email address, your name or street in English. This is where the difficulties begin, and we try to explain ourselves with images and associations: i - “like a stick with a dot”, H - “like a Russian n”, s - “like a dollar”, v - “like a tick.

From here it is better to memorize not only the letters, but also their pronunciation. The latter is written by transcription and enclosed in square brackets. At first, it will be easier for you to memorize transcription with Russian pronunciation, but gradually you need to give it up and focus only on English transcription.

How to learn the English alphabet

Learning the alphabet is not just memorizing the order of the alphabet in English, Russian or Spanish, or knowing how many non-letters there are. To know the alphabet is to be able to pronounce sounds, as well as to write lowercase and uppercase letters correctly. In order to learn the entire alphabet of the English language easily, quickly and forever, follow these rules:

1. Memorize both uppercase and lowercase letters of the English alphabet at the same time, pay attention to how English letters are written.
2. Learn both the name of the English letters and the correct pronunciation, use the alphabet with transcription. It is easier to remember this at the same time than to relearn it later.
3. Use all available resources: use audio recordings, videos of examples of correct pronunciation, printed texts, Internet resources.
4. Learn the English alphabet in order, like in the ABC. Then change tactics: start studying the letters backwards, randomly, grouping.
5. Exercise regularly, preferably every day for at least a few minutes. If you are tired of learning the same letters, take any children's book in English. Maybe you will not understand the meaning of what is written, but you will definitely already be able to recognize and name this or that letter.

Another good way to learn the alphabet is to memorize a special rhyme. It is very short, but it will help to know every letter by heart:

Do you know your ABC?

You can learn along with me!

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

H, I, J, K,

L, M, N, O, P U, V,

W, X, Y and Z

Now, I know my ABC's.

Next time won't you sing with me?

And the last piece of advice. Divide all letters into three large groups and learn them in three stages: the first group is 6 vowels: Aa, Her, Ii, Oo, Uu, Yy. Do not forget about transcription and remember that in English vowels can change their sound depending on the type of syllables, stress and other conditions; the second group of letters includes those that are written and pronounced similarly to Russian letters. They are easy to remember: Bb, Cc, Dd, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Pp, Ss, Tt, Xx; the third group consists of those letters that sound and are written unfamiliar to native Russian speakers: Ff, Gg, Hh, Jj, Qq, Rr, Vv, Ww, Zz.

Methods and techniques for memorizing the English alphabet

There are many ways to learn the English alphabet from scratch that are suitable for both adults and children.

The most popular way to learn the English alphabet is through tables. You can print the English alphabet tables from this article or search for others: English alphabet by numbers; English alphabet with numbering of letters, etc. Hang them over your desk and browse and read aloud whenever you have a free moment. The main thing is to memorize the alphabet with the pronunciation of sounds.

One of the most effective ways is to make colored cards with the letters and words that begin with them and post them in a prominent place. These cards can be made by yourself or bought in the store. It is better to use well-known words, for example, the names of animals.

You can train with special exercises, for example, this one: get a special notebook and write down letters in several lines in it - both uppercase and lowercase letters of the English alphabet. And when writing, dictate to yourself aloud the name of the letter. This exercise includes all three main types of memory: auditory, visual and motor.

Don't forget about games that will help you learn the English alphabet. For example, Spell the word or “Spell the word” - whoever spells it wrong first loses. And you can also read the alphabet at speed, write letters correctly by ear, pronounce the letters written on the card, and so on. The audio alphabet of the English language with pronunciation has proven itself well. A student can independently master the letters and sounds just by listening to the recording. The main thing is to be systematic.

Interesting facts about the English alphabet

Learning the sounds and letters of the English language will be more fun if you know a few interesting facts about the alphabet:

1. The English alphabet can be called by its first letters "ABC";
2. The English word alphabet comes from the Latin alphabet, where alpha and beta were the first letters of the alphabet. But even before the Latin alphabet, they were the first letters of the Phoenician alphabet (alef and bet), which arose in 1050 BC. e.
3. The article the is the most common word in the English language.
4. The most common letter in the English alphabet is E, and the most common consonant is T. The letters S and T are most common at the beginning of English words. The rarest letters in the alphabet are Q and Z.
5. In English there are only 5 vowels and as many as 20 vowels! For example, the letters Y and W can be pronounced as vowels (try, my, cow, few). The same letter can be read in several ways, for example, in the words cat [kæt], place [pleis], dark [daːk], air [ɛə].
6. All 26 letters of the English alphabet can be put into a sentence or pangram that shows how each letter of the font will look like: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" (loosely translated: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." English analogue - "Eat some more of these soft French rolls and drink tea").

Conclusion

English speakers remember their alphabet much more often than Russian speakers, because in English the pronunciation of a word often does not match its spelling.

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