Welcome and introductions

Module One
– Clarifying our terms
– Etymological markers
– Before The Great Vowel Shift: Long and Short
– A brief overview of silent <e>

Module Two
– The Great Vowel Shift (in five minutes)
– The GVS (continued): why Level 8 should also be titled ‘Borrowed Words’
– The Homophone Principle
– Why <i> is so complicated?

Module Three
– Are these words really irregular?
– Why Greek and Roman (Latin) Aren’t Really Separate
– French loan words
– Latin anatomy
– My word sum mistake in Level 10.8
– Another example from Level 10
– A new way to think about VIA
– Phonesthemes are phun!

Q&A and final thoughts
– Q&A
– Malcolm X article
– Final thoughts