Phonics essay

Any type of essay. We’ll even meet a 3-hour deadline. This assignment is going to describe and explain the teaching of phonics as an approach within the teaching of reading. It will do this by identifying research that underpins systematic synthetic phonics and outline the statutory expectation set by the government.

Phonics is a learning method where the children are taught to read by teaching them about the relationships between sounds and letters. Children need knowledge of the alphabetic code and skills of blending and segmentation to be able to read. In phonics letters are synthesized so children are taught to blend letters together.

Segmenting is when a word is partitioned in to the individual phonemes. For example the word ‘shut’ would be segmented into /sh/ /u/ /t/. This skill demonstrates children’s ability to identify phonemes in words which shows a strong phonemic awareness.

It will also explore why phonics is a priority in primary schools. Phonics is a learning method where the children are taught to read by teaching them about the relationships between sounds and letters. Children need knowledge of the alphabetic code and skills of blending and segmentation to be able to read.