(Phonics Approach)

learn phonic sounds
1. (e.g. 'ar' or 'ee')
pronunciation rules
1. (e.g. special 'e': cap + e = cape, hat + e = hate)
read by breaking words up into their component sounds
1. e.g. book is read 'b' 'oo' 'k')
Idea
1. to teach frequent, regular sound-spelling relationships systematically
2. to expose the children to sentences and stories that contain a high percentage of the sounds they have learned so far
phonic is often taught in mechanical way
1. memorizing rules, repetition, reading and writing sentences that have little personal meaning for the children
  1. e.g. Tom and Ted sat
2. behaviouristic
  1. teachers protecting' children from making mistakes
    1. focusing on rewards
      1. teaching rather than stimulating students to learn
Advantage
1. effective strategy for reading words that never seen before
focus on underlying patters not on knowledge
1. no need to memorize individual words one by one

Resource summary

	Created by Alia Sam about 10 years ago