phonics

phonics
/fon"iks/ or, for 2, /foh"niks/, n. (used with a sing. v.)
1. a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
2. Obs. phonetics.
[1675-85; PHON- + -ICS]

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Method of reading instruction that breaks language down into its simplest components.

Children learn the sounds of individual letters first, then the sounds of letters in combination and in simple words. Simple reading exercises with a controlled vocabulary reinforce the process. Phonics-based instruction was challenged by proponents of "whole-language" instruction, a process in which children are introduced to whole words at a time, are taught using real literature rather than reading exercises, and are encouraged to keep journals in which "creative" spelling is permitted. A strong backlash against whole-language teaching polarized these two approaches to reading instruction. Many schools have since come to use a combination of the two techniques.

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