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Integrating Synthetic Phonics and EFL

Integrating Synthetic Phonics and EFL. Teaching sound-spelling relationships to improve our students’ pronunciation and literacy skills Karen Elliott. Sounds and language. splash cluck tap tap crunch drip beep tick tock boom knock moo pop oink.

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Integrating Synthetic Phonics and EFL

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  1. Integrating Synthetic Phonics and EFL Teaching sound-spelling relationships to improve our students’ pronunciation and literacy skills Karen Elliott

  2. Sounds and language

  3. splash cluck tap tap crunch drip beep tick tock boom knock moo pop oink

  4. Pictures, symbols and phonemes

  5. The English Alphabetic Code with some alternative spellings: consonantsGraphemes: one letter = one sound. Digraphs: two letters = one sound

  6. The English Alphabetic Code with some alternative spellings : vowels Graphemes: one letter = one sound; digraphs: two letters = one sound

  7. Blending and segmenting • Blending is putting the letter sounds together in order to read words • Segmenting is separating the letter sounds out in order to write words • r – e – d • gr – ee – n • bl – a – ck

  8. Tricky words... • Don’t follow the sound-spelling patterns of the Alphabetic code • Are usually still semi-decodable • Can be learned through words that rhyme or have the same sound • Are taught progressively • A, the, I • We, he, she, me, be • You, to, do, two • Go, so, piano • One, done, come, some

  9. Pronunciation: consonant pairs Vic sells fans from the back of his van. Snakes hiss and bees buzz. s / z • f / v

  10. Pronunciation: key vowel phonemes Short vowel sounds • a (fan) / u (fun) Short / long vowel sounds • i / ee (sit – seat) • o / oa (got – goat) Other important vowel sounds • or (for, saw, walk) • er (person, circle, purple, learn, word) • er /ǝ/ (computer)

  11. Pronunciation: vowel sounds • rain • cheese • tied • road • blues • noise • noun • fern • boys • plane • news • code • town • please • turn • ride

  12. Topic: Classroom objects. The green words below are easy to read. You need to learn some basic spelling rules to read the yellow words. There are no tricky words in this list, but you need a bit more information to read the red words.

  13. Some websites Videos Phonics at Brookland’s School http://vimeo.com/4845390 Phonics without tears http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Teachers-TV-Phonics-without-Tears-6044429/ http://jollylearning.co.uk/ http://www.communication4all.co.uk/http/PhonicsWeb.htm http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6012398 http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/ http://www.starfall.com/ http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/literacy/#.T0UWpHm4KSo http://www.didax.com/newsletter/archive.cfm/NewsletterID/24.cfm#123

  14. Good literacy skills give access to rest of the curriculum

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