Support for Teaching Phonics
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ArticleOnestop Phonics - Alphabet
A comprehensive introduction to the Onestop Phonics series for young learners by Rachel Finnie. The article includes an explanation of what phonics is, approaches to teaching phonics and an outline of the series.
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ArticleBeginning reading and writing: Introducing letters
Olha Madylus offers a selection of tips and activities for familiarising children with the sound of English and offers a practical way to introduce the alphabet using phonics.
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ArticleBeginning reading and writing: Learning words
Olha Madylus offers a selection of tips and activities to help your students begin to put letters together to form words.
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ArticleAdvice on Teaching English spelling
An article offering suggestions for teaching English spelling from Pauline Taylor.
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ArticleSkills: teaching phonics: schwa
The schwa – the only phoneme with its own name – is important for learners to recognise and produce as it is the most common vowel sound in English. Here are some awareness-raising and practice ideas.
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ArticleSkills: teaching phonics: sounds and symbols
Phonemes can be difficult for learners and teachers. Here are a few ideas that could help teachers as well as learners become more comfortable when working with phonemes.