Phonics

noun

noun: phonics

1. a method of teaching people to read by correlating sounds with symbols in an alphabetic writing system.

    

   Advantages of phonics-

    

   - helps children learn phonemes

   - helps children decipher words

   - helps children with progressive language

   - helps writing ability

    

   http://enlightenme.com/learning-phonics/

    

   Disadvantages of phonics-

    

    - Able readers damaged by phonics

    - 'Mechanical exercise' 

    - Approach to learning phonetics is strict

    - Over emphasis on phonics can do more harm than good

   
   

   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25917646

   http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/mar/04/reading-lessons-phonics-world-book-day

   
   

   
   The more up to date articles I read above^ in comparison with 'The sound and fury of the phonic boom' (1999) seem to suggest that teaching phonics can affect children adversly to previously suggested, and the children who already have the ability to read may be made worse by the implementation of phonic teaching.