Like many teachers I was faced with a wall of worry when delving into the mysterious world of phonics. Among the many questions I asked myself was what was this seemingly miraculous method, how could it be taught, what were lessons like and how could I teach this to second language learners when all the materials I could find seemed to be aimed at students with a fairly large existing English vocabulary.
Wiley Blevins was sat on a plane headed to South America to teach English when he was suddenly struck with the huge responsibility this job carried – that of teaching children to read and thus open the door to economic independence and cultural awareness and freedom.
He immediately set about learning as much as possible about the most effect way to teach reading for English language learners and Phonics from A to Z
is the result of many years of study and practice in many different classrooms.
He starts with an introduction to reading and English, give erudite rationales for the efficacy of phonics instruction. This is followed by several chapters of very useful examples and lists of words which illustrate the phonics method and provide sample lessons and ideas for making effective phonics lessons.
He also shares the benefits of his experience, pointing out where kids have problems and how to anticipate and resolve them before problems set in.
In short, this book is probably the best value and most useful book on phonics available for teachers around today. Highly practical and also well supported with research but presented in a friendly and clear manner you’ll soon not only understand what phonics is all about, but be confident enough to develop your own materials and create interesting empowering learning sessions that will greatly benefit your students.
Wiley Blevins was sat on a plane headed to South America to teach English when he was suddenly struck with the huge responsibility this job carried – that of teaching children to read and thus open the door to economic independence and cultural awareness and freedom.
He immediately set about learning as much as possible about the most effect way to teach reading for English language learners and Phonics from A to Z
is the result of many years of study and practice in many different classrooms.He starts with an introduction to reading and English, give erudite rationales for the efficacy of phonics instruction. This is followed by several chapters of very useful examples and lists of words which illustrate the phonics method and provide sample lessons and ideas for making effective phonics lessons.
He also shares the benefits of his experience, pointing out where kids have problems and how to anticipate and resolve them before problems set in.
In short, this book is probably the best value and most useful book on phonics available for teachers around today. Highly practical and also well supported with research but presented in a friendly and clear manner you’ll soon not only understand what phonics is all about, but be confident enough to develop your own materials and create interesting empowering learning sessions that will greatly benefit your students.
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