Answer to Question #289143 in English for kivedo

Question

Knowledge of phonics plays a critical role in the teaching and learning of literacy (i.e. reading and writing in this case) in the Foundation phase in particular. Using your own words, how would you distinguish between synthetic phonics and analytic phonics? (4 marks)

Answer 1

The primary focus of phonics instruction is to help beginning readers understand how letters are linked to sounds to form letter-sound correspondences and spelling patterns and to help them learn how to apply this knowledge in their reading.

Phonics knowledge allows children to understand the link between sounds and letter patterns. Phonics can be introduced through emergent literacy experiences.

Phonics is a way of teaching children how to read and write. It helps children hear, identify and use different sounds that distinguish one word from another in the English language. Teaching children to blend the sounds of letters together helps them decode unfamiliar or unknown words by sounding them out.