Phonics for EFL

1. Phonics for EFL Using phonics to develop literacy and pronunciation skills in the EFL classroom Karen Elliott 2014

2. Talk Overview Introduction Consonants Vowels Irregular spellings (tricky words) Wrap up

3. Introduction: A phonics journey... Introduce yourself to your partner or group… and say one thing you know about phonics

4. Phonics is... • the relationship between the spoken and written language • sound-spellingpatterns • the Alphabetic Code • alternative spellings for the same phonemes • ‘tricky’ words (words that don’t follow the patterns)

5. Listen and say the words you hear • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8

7. tick tock knock cluck splash crunch moo drip beep • One sound can be represented with one letter (a grapheme), two letters (a digraph) – or more. • Blending sounds makes words. • Sounds can be long or short. • Short vowel sounds are usually represented with one letter and long vowel sounds are usually represented by two (or more).

8. The English Alphabetic Code: Consonants with major alternative spellings

9. The English Alphabetic Code: Consonants with major alternative spellings

10. Consonants: alternative spellings • cat – kick • flower – phonics • nest – know • right – write • jam – giraffe – orange – bridge • chips – pitch • went – when • sun – city • zoo – legs – cheese

11. w wh Super Minds 2

12. Kid’s Box 2

13. 1. Alternative spelling pattern for the ‘f’ sound. Kid’s Box 3

14. f ph f f ph ph f Kid’s Box 3

15. The English Alphabetic Code: Consonant pairs (voiced and unvoiced)

16. Unvoiced / voiced consonant pairs • pet – bet • came – game • tent – dent • fan – van • cheap – jeep • seal – zeal • fashion – fusion • breath – breathe

17. Super Minds 3

18. 2. Voiced / unvoiced consonant pair ‘f’ and ‘v’. Super Minds 3 WB

19. v v f f f f v ff Super Minds 3 WB

20. One spelling pattern, two sounds. 3. Complete the sentences. Colour the voiced ‘th’ sound blue and the unvoiced ‘th’ sound yellow.

21. One spelling pattern, two sounds. 3. Complete the sentences. Colour the voiced ‘th’ sound blue and the unvoiced ‘th’ sound yellow.

22. Blending f r Friendly blends (initial position)

23. br cr dr fr gr tr thr pr Super Minds 2

24. Super Minds 2

25. dr br br tr dr gr cr Super Minds 2

26. 4. The Friendly Blenders Game: initial blends ...also br, cr, pr, thr, bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, squ, scr, spl, spr, str

27. 4. The Friendly Blenders Game: initial blends ...also br, cr, pr, thr, bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, squ, scr, spl, spr, str

28. Vowels short and long sounds long sounds: monophthongs or diphthongs

29. The English Alphabetic Code: Vowels with main alternative spellings

30. Short vowel sounds • There are seven short vowel sounds • a, e, i, o, u... • /ʊ/ foot; put • /ǝ/ father; a, the

31. 1. Complete and say the words containing short vowels.

32. 1. Complete and say the words containing short vowels.

33. Long vowel sounds ten long vowel sounds alternative spellings same spellings, different pronunciations

34. KB2 PBp8 KB1PBp8

35. The ai / ay sound say day play May rain train tail wait name game cake plane

36. The ai / ay sound 2. Find the words in the snake snakedayraincakelatesaytail Complete the sentences We saw a big snakeat the zoo. How do you ______ that in English? I’m sorry I’m _______ for class. I like _________ but I don’t like cheese. A monkey has got a long ________. ‘What _____ is it?’ ‘It’s Monday.’ It’s cloudy today. It’s going to ________.

37. The ai / ay sound 2. Find the words in the snake snakedayraincakelatesaytail Complete the sentences We saw a big snakeat the zoo. How do you say that in English? I’m sorry I’m late for class. I like cake but I don’t like cheese. A monkey has got a long tail. ‘What dayis it?’ ‘It’s Monday.’ It’s cloudy today. It’s going to rain.

38. The ee sound see tree bee week read team seaeat these theme scene

39. 3. The ee sound + tricky words me, we, he, she and be

40. 3. The ee sound + tricky words me, we, he, she and be

41. The ie sound my try fly cry pie tries flies cries like bike fine mine highnightright

42. The ie sound

43. The ie sound pie 4. Circle the words with the ie / y / i_e / igh spellings pieflylightrideprizericecrynightpinebike pine

44. The ie sound 4. Circle the words in the snake pie fly light ride prize rice cry night pine bike

45. The oa sound boat coat goal road note nose phone home show grow slow know

46. 5. Change the words to make the long oa sound e.g. sock – soak not ______ got _______ rod _______ / _______ hop _________ rob _______ cot ________ clock ________

47. 5. Change the words to make the long oa sound e.g. sock – soak not note got goat rod road / rode hop hope rob robe cot coat clock cloak

48. Kid’s Box 2 p28

49. Kid’s Box 2 p58

50. 6. Same spelling, different sounds: Colour the words yellow or brown: know – now – show – slow – down – town – own – cow