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/^t/To start this analyzes let's start with phonetic and phonologic system of English. As it is know the sounds of English are quite natural and easy to produce except th sounds, and a sound called shwa. People who are learning English usually do not have problems with other sounds. However, learners have a real problems with a vocal representation of written word. It happens because there are only 26 letters in English alphabet and around 36 sounds1. It may surely cause some problems especially because there are no strict rules connected with reading. We can say that -oo- is read as /u/ but we have words like door /do:r/ or blood /bl^d/ as some of the exceptions, the same happens with other rules.