New research has found that mnemonic images and explicit sound contrasting help Japanese children learn more effectively the sounds of the English alphabet. New research by Professor Emmanuel Manalo ...

When writing English we use the 26 letters of the alphabet. However, when speaking there are roughly 44 different sounds in English. If you're concentrating on the sounds of English, you need 44 ...

This is the eighth of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the seventh of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that ...

Believe it or not, the capital A hasn’t always looked the way it does now. Ancient Egyptians wrote the letter upside down, creating a symbol that resembled a steer with horns. Learn the surprising ...

Most of us learnt that ‘a’ goes before consonants and ‘an’ before vowels – and most of us were only half-right. This Learning with TOI English Hack ex ...

How many vowels does English have? Five, right? A, E, I, O, U. Oh, and sometimes Y. So, six? Actually, English has at least 14 different vowel sounds and, depending on the speaker and dialect, maybe ...

Abhishek Bachchan Slams A Critic And Rejects Claim Of 'Buying Awards' Abhishek Bachchan fired back at a social-media user who accuses Bachchan of 'buying' his recent 70th Filmfare Awards Best Actor ...

Group of men and women wearing 'X'-emblazoned T-shirts, bandanas and baseball caps, with one man in a Malcolm X T-shirt From its origins with the Phoenicians to Twitter's rebrand, "x" is one of the ...

You learned your ABCs as a kid—but did you know the alphabet is brimming with drama, intrigue, and historical hijinks? From silent schemers and sound-swapping spies to letters that arrived late to the ...

The coolest letter in the alphabet: When we learn the letters of the English alphabet, we just remember them in order, from A to Z. But have you ever thought about whether some letters are just ...