Answer to Question #323131 in English for Naledi

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?

Answer 1

The goal of phonics education is to assist beginning readers comprehend how letters are connected to sounds to construct letter-sound correspondences and spelling patterns, as well as how to apply this information to their reading.

Children who are familiar with phonics can understand the relationship between sounds and letter patterns. Emergent literacy events can be used to introduce phonics.

Children are taught to read and write using phonics. It teaches youngsters how to hear, identify, and employ different sounds in the English language to distinguish one word from another. By teaching youngsters to blend the sounds of letters together, they can sound out new or unknown words.