Analytic phonics

Analytic phonics

1. devised in 1783 by Noah Webster

   • teaches the children to recognizing at the whole word
     • break the word in single syllable
       • Analyse whole words to detect spelling patterns
         • decoding enables them to make a comparison with words they may know

2. Teaching Principles

   • students must know all the letters of the alphabet and their sounds
     • child able to identify the sounds in the beginning, middle and end of a word
   • child is taught how to blend letters together
   • importance combinations that symbolism a specific sound
     • long vowel sounds
       • consonant digraphs
         • vowel combinations
           • r-controlled vowels
   • irregular words are taught to be recognised
   • child is encouraged to use picture cues
   • Rules are taught to help deduce how a word should be read.

3. Tips for Success

   • Use books that have predictable
   • Encourage children to use picture clues for any unknown words.
   • Teach students about word families.

4. Disadvantages

   • Learning the sounds and their blends boring for children,
   • confusing for children when they discover that a single letter has more than one sound
   • each week new letter sound is often taught

5. Advantages

   • 47% can be read using basic phonic rules
   • help children develop a large sight vocabulary for both reading and spelling
   • useful for words which can't sounding out

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