ENG1514 Assignment 1 2025 – Due 5 May 2025

ENG1514
ASSIGNMENT 1 2025
5 MAY 2025

INSTRUCTIONS

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Read pages 96 to 98 of 2025 Study Guide (Tutorial 501) and Chapter 12 of any edition
(2013-2025) of the prescribed text

1.a) Use two words to explain the relationship between English sounds
(phonemes)and alphabets (graphemes) in relation to spelling.
(2 marks for two correct words and 2 marks for plausible explanation.)
According to Chapter 12, Phonics, page 163, the two words that explain the relationship
between English sounds and alphabets in relation to spelling are “phonemes” and
“graphemes”.
Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in spoken language, while graphemes are the
letters or groups of letters that represent those sounds in written language. In English,
approximately 44 phonemes are represented using 26 letters (graphemes), but the
relationship is not always consistent. This irregularity means that one phoneme can be
represented by several graphemes (e.g., the /ie/ sound can appear as “igh” in light, “y” in
my, or “i-e” in like), and one grapheme can represent multiple phonemes depending on