{"id":2659,"date":"2021-01-20T10:14:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T10:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromapixel.com\/lcentralold\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2021-03-15T05:49:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T05:49:31","slug":"why-phonics-is-not-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromapixel.com\/lcentralold\/why-phonics-is-not-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Phonics is Not Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; module_id=&#8221;Introduction&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/fromapixel.com\/lcentralold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/LCentral-English-Enrichment-Tuition-Singapore-Blog-Phonics-Not-Enough-Subheader-scaled.jpg&#8221; min_height=&#8221;360px&#8221; min_height_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; min_height_phone=&#8221;620px&#8221; min_height_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; height_tablet=&#8221;410px&#8221; 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admin_label=&#8221;Intoduction&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;360px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;margin: auto auto 0;&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1200px&#8221; width=&#8221;95%&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px|10px|50px|10px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;5px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;5px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_text content_tablet=&#8221;<\/p>\n<h1>Why Phonics is Not Enough?<\/h1>\n<p>Learning to read is a puzzle comprising many pieces. <\/br>Phonics is just one.   <\/p>\n<p>&#8221; content_phone=&#8221;<\/p>\n<h1>Why Phonics is Not Enough?<\/h1>\n<p>Learning to read is a puzzle comprising many pieces. <\/br>Phonics is just one.   <\/p>\n<p>&#8221; content_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;37px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; header_text_align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; text_orientation_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; text_orientation_phone=&#8221;&#8221; text_orientation_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Why Phonics is Not Enough?<\/h1>\n<p>Learning to read is a puzzle comprising many pieces. <\/br>Phonics is just one.   <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; module_id=&#8221;There-More-to-Learning&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||0px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Letters and phonics&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;95%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1200px&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|10px||10px|false|false&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/fromapixel.com\/lcentralold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/LCentral-English-Enrichment-Tuition-Singapore-Blog-Phonics-Not-Enough.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;LCentral English Enrichment Tuition Singapore Blog Phonics Not Enough&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;30px||||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]Phonics, phonics, phonics.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the proclamations of almost any kindergarten in Singapore and you\u2019ll see phonics featured prominently, exhibited as though it\u2019s some sort of panacea, a cure for all English ailments. While teaching letter sounds to children is very important, there\u2019s more to learning to read than phonics activities and games.  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Note that \u2018<span style=\"font-family: GothamRoundedBold; font-weight: bold;\">a<\/span>\u2019 is not an alphabet, but a letter. The same goes for \u2018<span style=\"font-family: GothamRoundedBold; font-weight: bold;\">b<\/span>\u2019, \u2018<span style=\"font-family: GothamRoundedBold; font-weight: bold;\">c<\/span>\u2019, and so on. Each of these is a letter. However, a set of letters is called an alphabet.<\/li>\n<li>When we teach people the sound that each letter represents, we are teaching phonics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px||0px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;How does it help&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; module_id=&#8221;how-does-it-help&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; width=&#8221;95%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1200px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|10px||10px|false|false&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#f27d48&#8243; header_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>How does it help?<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The alphabetic writing system stems from a truly profound insight of language: that all the things we say &#8211; whether it be haggling over the price of lamb in a market, designing a ship, or sharing your deepest joys and hopes &#8211; are just combinations of a fairly small set of sounds. The amazing complexity of human communication is produced from the building blocks of sound.<\/p>\n<p><span>With that insight, the next realisation is that representing language at the level of the sound, as opposed to the level of the word, is amazingly efficient. Engaging children in phonics activities and games is a process of sharing this realisation. It always amazes me how quickly children, even very young children, accept this phenomenal, and rather abstract, insight into language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The goal of phonics instruction is for children to know that each letter represents a sound, so when they see a letter, they can use their knowledge of letter-sound relationships to work out what sound the letter makes. 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Easy, right, there are 26.<\/p>\n<p>Now for a slightly harder question: how many sounds are there? In standard English pronunciation, there are <span style=\"font-family: GothamRoundedBold; font-weight: bold;\">44 sounds<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Since phonics instruction is a step-by-step approach to getting children to draw a connection between sounds and letters, we immediately encounter a challenge knowing that there is not one unique sound for each unique letter. Interestingly, this problem dates back about 2800 years to the Greek alphabet and is generally overcome by using combinations of letters to signal changes of sound. This is explained further in this article that takes us beyond basic phonics.<\/p>\n<p>This means we can\u2019t simply teach one sound for each letter of the alphabet and then stop there. Using the alphabetic principle to teach reading requires a deeper knowledge of how letters correlate with sounds. 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Knowing that the letter \u2018<span style=\"font-family: GothamRoundedBold; font-weight: bold;\">u<\/span>\u2019 makes a sound and the letter \u2018<span style=\"font-family: GothamRoundedBold; font-weight: bold;\">p<\/span>\u2019 makes a sound is a good first step. But if I can\u2019t blend those sounds together, I can\u2019t go any further. Smoothly blending the sounds is a skill in and of itself. It is part of a large skillset known as <span style=\"font-family: GothamRoundedBold; font-weight: bold;\">phonemic awareness<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Studies on how children learn to read repeatedly find that phonemic awareness is absolutely essential. While almost all parents, and many teachers, may view reading as primarily a visual phenomenon, there is a hugely important auditory component underpinning it. 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When the alphabetic principle breaks down, phonics and phonemic awareness cannot help us forward. This small class of words requires a different approach. <a href=\"https:\/\/fromapixel.com\/lcentralold\/index.php\/2020\/10\/17\/sight-words-and-advanced-phonics-whats-the-difference\/\">See our article on sight words here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article covers the importance and limitations of phonics with specific reference to the complex letter-sound relationships in English, the necessity for phonemic awareness instruction, and the need for teaching sight words. These are just a few of the key foundational reading skills. 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