Review Article

Adapting Marungko Sound Blending to English: A Cumulative Path from Decoding to Sentence Comprehension

Jenny Castro

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Original publication period
July–December 2025
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August 10, 2026

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Abstract

Marungko-inspired materials introduce sounds in a purposeful sequence and move learners from letters to syllables, words, phrases, and sentences. This conceptual-design article proposes an orthographic-alignment framework for adapting that logic to English phonology, word meaning, grammar, and connected-text comprehension. It offers an audit matrix and a six-phase lesson cycle moving through oral sound analysis, grapheme mapping, blending, sentence reading, meaning construction, and encoding.

beginning readingMarungko approachEnglish phonicsdecodable textorthographic mappingsentence comprehension