phonics

Phonics is the study of sound or a method of teaching reading.

(noun)

An example of phonics is a method used to teach reading by learning the sounds that groups of letters make when spoken.

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See phonics in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the science or study of sound; acoustics
  2. a method of teaching beginners to read or enunciate by learning to associate certain letters or groups of letters with the sounds they commonly represent

Origin: < phonic

See phonics in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun (used with a sing. verb)
  1. A method of teaching elementary reading and spelling based on the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
  2. Phonetics.

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