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Andrew , like other native Spanish readers , applied the same decoding process when learning to read English words . Take an ordinary English word and say it backwards is the simple basic principle . The word had a certain meaning in the philosophy of the Middle Ages , describing classes of things not comprehended in the categories of Aristotle , yet it is not from the Middle Ages , but from the philosophy of Kant , in which is described one department , that it obtained its signification and use as a recognized English word . This is still an open research area because it is still not possible today to consult any source which gives us , for an ordinary English word , anything close to the full range of its semantic or combinatorial properties , or an adequate description that is usable across projects and across grammatical theories . One by one go around the circle in an counterclockwise direction and ask the children to say another English word that they think links to the previous word . Have a student read aloud the 25 English words in the first column of the chart . Do NOT use an ordinary English word , a familiar jargon term , or a password that you have previously used .