convert Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Might be worth googling THRASS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleycorn Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Hmmm, these days kids have it easy. In my day we had to learn a whole different alphabet. jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fake Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 For a practical demonstration of synthetic phonics, check out alphablocks. Phonetics is different, the radio phonetic alphabet even more so. I have to agree, alphablocks is very good and one of my grandsons favourite programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Anybody who teaches using phonics only is going to be a bit stumped when explaining the difference between 'tough', 'though' and 'through', aren't they? I'm all for children learning by a 'mostly successful' means, but ANY method is only going to be foolproof if your whole vocabulary can be covered by that system, and English just isn't like that. It's like trying to explain verbs and saying that they all follow the same pattern- they just don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppins Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I think this kind of phonetics is the first pronounciation of the alphabet learned by youngsters, it was certainly the one I was taught as a I kid i.e. as in Ha (without the H), buh, kuh, duh etc. You then put letters together e.g in FR pronounced Fruh as in France. Military phoentics are Delta, Oscar, Golf etc I think those are signal codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppins Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Anybody who teaches using phonics only is going to be a bit stumped when explaining the difference between 'tough', 'though' and 'through', aren't they? I'm all for children learning by a 'mostly successful' means, but ANY method is only going to be foolproof if your whole vocabulary can be covered by that system, and English just isn't like that. It's like trying to explain verbs and saying that they all follow the same pattern- they just don't. Thats why there should be a mixture,phonics mixed with at a glance words, they should come up with a name for it.like....Phonetic Glancing , or summat like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Anybody who teaches using phonics only is going to be a bit stumped when explaining the difference between 'tough', 'though' and 'through', aren't they? I'm all for children learning by a 'mostly successful' means, but ANY method is only going to be foolproof if your whole vocabulary can be covered by that system, and English just isn't like that. It's like trying to explain verbs and saying that they all follow the same pattern- they just don't. Thats why my earlier post ,which you ignored,alluded to these anomolies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Anybody who teaches using phonics only is going to be a bit stumped when explaining the difference between 'tough', 'though' and 'through', aren't they? I'm all for children learning by a 'mostly successful' means, but ANY method is only going to be foolproof if your whole vocabulary can be covered by that system, and English just isn't like that. It's like trying to explain verbs and saying that they all follow the same pattern- they just don't. Phonics is not the system used in schools - synthetic phonics is. In my experience it works extremely well indeed. I can see why teachers may be nonplussed at being compelled to use synthetic phonics only, but as a method of teaching reading, it's very hard to beat. Our youngest is 5 and is reading along with James and the Giant Peach. Our eldest is 9 and reads Discworld novels for pleasure. Both started with synthetic phonics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie9865 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 My son does phonics at school on a one to one for his learning difficulties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upinwath Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 It's really handy for TESL. The kids learn how the sounds work at a very early age so they don't develop bad habits. You wouldn't believe the difference between kids that have phonics lessons and those that don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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