Abstract: Disclosed is a method of phonetically encoding a text document. The method comprises providing, for a current word in the text document, a phonetically equivalent encoded word comprising one or more syllables, each syllable comprising a sequence of phonemes from a predetermined phoneme set, the sequence being phonetically equivalent to the corresponding syllable in the current word, and adding the phonetically equivalent encoded word or the current word at a current position in the phonetically encoded document, Each phoneme in the phoneme set is associated with a base grapheme that is pronounced as the phoneme in one or more English words.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of phonetically encoding a text document. The method comprises providing, for a current word in the text document, a phonetically equivalent encoded word comprising one or more syllables, each syllable comprising a sequence of phonemes from a predetermined phoneme set, the sequence being phonetically equivalent to the corresponding syllable in the current word, and adding the phonetically equivalent encoded word or the current word at a current position in the phonetically encoded document, Each phoneme in the phoneme set is associated with a base grapheme that is pronounced as the phoneme in one or more English words.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of phonetically encoding a text document. The method comprises providing, for a current word in the text document, a phonetically equivalent encoded word comprising one or more syllables, each syllable comprising a sequence of phonemes from a predetermined phoneme set, the sequence being phonetically equivalent to the corresponding syllable in the current word, and adding the phonetically equivalent encoded word or the current word at a current position in the phonetically encoded document. Each phoneme in the phoneme set is associated with a base grapheme that is pronounced as the phoneme in one or more English words.

Abstract: A teaching system for teaching a user, the teaching system comprising a learning interface module (112), a user classification module (116) and a learning activity control module (114, 122), wherein: the learning interface module (112) is arranged to receive user information associated with a user and store the user information in a user information database (115); the user classification module (116) is arranged to obtain a user classification code based on the user information and store the user classification code in a learning outcome database (117), and the learning activity control module (114, 122) is arranged to select at least one learning activity from a learning activity database (118) based on the user classification code and communicate the selected learning activity to the learning interface module (112) for reception by the user.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of phonetically encoding a text document. The method comprises providing, for a current word in the text document, a phonetically equivalent encoded word comprising one or more syllables, each syllable comprising a sequence of phonemes from a predetermined phoneme set, the sequence being phonetically equivalent to the corresponding syllable in the current word, and adding the phonetically equivalent encoded word or the current word at a current position in the phonetically encoded document. Each phoneme in the phoneme set is associated with a base grapheme that is pronounced as the phoneme in one or more English words.