This app “ Hot Phonics 7” is for learning long vowel sounds, a continuation of the already online apps “ Hot Phonics 5” and “Hot Phonics 6” which introduce the basic rules of the long vowel sounds, their spellings, and various word families. They also introduce all 21 English vowel sounds and 24 consonant sounds. “Hot Phonics 7” shows:
double vowel letters representing a single vowel sound like oa, oe, ue, oo, ou, – (boat, toe, blue, moon, soup)
long vowel sounds followed by w – grow, new
long vowel sounds followed by r — bird, turn, horn
There are 89 words to practice long vowels along with a 7-minute-long movie.
You’ll learn phonetic symbols and pronunciation of English words simply by using this app. Once you understand the phonics, you will be able to read 80% of all English words.