Teaching Children Phonics Education Department of Guangdong Guo Zhimei Sep.28,2008

How do you teach pronunciation in class?

What is phonics? Learning letter-sound relationships in English words

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Action Alphabet sounds names letter-sound relationships

CAT SHIP FR + OG C + AT SH + IP FROG Read and Spell the words

Phonics vs Phonetics

Why Teach Phonics? Helping children to pronounce the word correctly and easily. Helping children to spell the word correctly and easily.

Why Teach Phonics? To Help children read the new words by themselves. Develop their reading ability.

When to teach Phonics? When students …  can recognize some words through listening/sight reading  know enough words to relate the sounds to the meaning of the words

How can we teach phonics? 1. Give incidental teaching with the lesson unit. P1,P2, P3-P6 2. Teaching Phonics as a separate unit. from P3 or upper In class

Set up the environment  Labels (e.g. labels on furniture)  Interactive word-learning charts name charts alphabet charts word ladders word stairs interactive word walls phonics octopus phonics trees

Book resources (e.g. pictorial dictionaries) Word study centre

How to teach?

I. Start from text books II. Make use of phonics books III. Make use of readers Different Approaches to Phonics Teaching

Identify distinct letter sound(s) to teach in each unit or module I. Start from text books

Follow what’s given in the book and integrate with book content

I. Starting from the textbooks

II. Adopt a phonics book

Teaching content of phonics book

Teaching procedures Introducing the target sound in context Highlight the target letter sound to teach Referring back to phonics book Consolidate or give further/extended practice Establishing the links Teach the sound through practice by ss demonstration by T

III. Make use of readers Factors for consideration when selecting reading texts: Students’ interest Students’ strengths and weaknesses Students’ previous knowledge Students’ learning opportunities

Shared reading What? –‘Cat and Dog at School’ How? –Reading aloud –Framing words with target sounds

Using framers

Song singing What? Singing a song that shares the same theme as the story How? – Learning by doing – Highlighting target sounds

What materials can we use? stories rhymes jingles songs games tongue twisters poems chants

Use of songs Consonant Song Consonant Tree A to Z Song Vowel Song Songs from Phonics Books Children Songs

Use of Poems

Use of Rhymes

Use of Games and Activities Human Words Quick Search Sound Relay Run and Write Boggle Thumb Up Sound Bingo Letter Fan Tic-Tac-Toe Scratch Back Memory Game Sky writing Spelling Game Circle Game Phonics Cloze I Spy

Use of Poems I ’ m Mr Whippy, the ice cream van. Bring your money as fast as you can. You hear my music when I come your way. Which ice cream will you have today?

Use of Stories Stories written by teachers Five Ugly Ducklings

How can we plan a lesson? How long should we teach phonics? Should we teach phonics in the whole lesson? Should we use phonics in every lesson?

Some examples from the teachers.

民航广州子弟学校 蔡明芳 Some examples from the teachers

Can learning of phonics solve all the problems? Phonics involves the learning of pronunciation and spelling rules but there are lots of exceptions in the rule

past what pat paint auction warm again past what pat paint auction warm again Same letter has different sounds

Same sound has different letters morefourforwar :c

Words sound the same but different spellings there their they’re Words spelt the same but different sounds bow/bow wound/wound wind/wind

How phonics learning is incorporated Learnt and used in context by incorporating into integrated learning activities Learnt and practised in structural tasks Reinforced by highlighting the sounds whenever necessary

Action Alphabet

Some useful websites for ELT orytime/ orytime/

Thank You!