phonics Definition
phon·ics (fän′iks, fōn′-)
noun
- the science or study of sound; acoustics
- 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
Etymology: < phonic
phonics Synonyms
phonics Usage Examples
Converse of object
- teach: However, inspectors have found many teachers are still not teaching phonics well enough.
- introduce: Together we are going to plan a project to improve literacy in the islands ' schools by introducing synthetic phonics teaching methods.
- learn: The Letter Detective is a lively CD-ROM for children at the first stages of learning phonics.
- use: Schools will be expected to use phonics in place of existing methods from next September.
- say: The primary national strategy says phonics are essential but not sufficient.
Preposition: in
teaching: A systematic review of the research literature on the use of phonics in the teaching of reading and spelling.
Adjective modifier
- synthetic: Is synthetic phonics really the holy grail of reading?
- 'synthetic: Dear Editor, I can see why Felicity Craig ( Newsletter 47 ) has reservations about the term 'synthetic phonics ' .
- analytic: In other words, analytic phonics is stressed at the expense of synthetic phonics.
- systematic: The problems were caused by the lack of systematic, synthetic phonics.
- intensive: Its sole aim was 'To restore intensive phonics to the teaching of reading throughout the nation ' .
- traditional: Is traditional phonics really the most effective way of teaching children to read?
Modifies a noun
- workbook: Anyway, we did writing practice in a jolly phonics workbook.
- teaching: Phonics teaching, by contrast, is bottom-up, working on the basis that words take their shape from their parts.
- instruction: What is the optimal age for phonics instruction to begin?
- seminar: In this paper, presented at the DfES phonics seminar in March 2003, Ehri reviewed the evidence on systematic phonics instruction.
- program: Both of these are users of Jolly Phonics, the UK based phonics program.
- lesson: The resource aims to link into any phonics lesson plan.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near phonics
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- ‹ phonetist
- ‹ phonetics
- ‹ phonetician
- ‹ phonetic alphabet
- ‹ phonetic
- ‹ phonemics
- ‹ phonemic
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