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Integrating Synthetic Phonics
and EFLTeaching 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
Pictures, symbols and phonemes
b c / k d f g h
batrabbit
catkick
dogdaddy
fishpuff
elephant
golfdog
bigger
hat
j l m n p r
jamgiraffeorangebridge
legsilly
mapmummy
netsunnyknow
pighappy
rockhurrywrite
s t v w x y z
sundresshorsecircle
topkitty
van windwhen
box yes zoobuzz
cheeselegs
ch sh th / th qu ng
chipswitch
shipchef
that / three queenkingthink
The English Alphabetic Code with some alternative spellings: consonantsGraphemes: one letter = one sound. Digraphs: two letters = one sound
a e i o u
ant egg in on up
ai ee ie oa ue oi
raindaylake
seeeat
scenefunny
piemy
lightmine
boatyellowhome
cuenewcube
oilboy
ou oo / oo ar or er
housebrown
look / moon blue rule
park shorttalk
awfulautumn
herbird
nursesister
The English Alphabetic Code with some alternative spellings : vowelsGraphemes: one letter = one sound; digraphs: two letters = one sound
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
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
Pronunciation: consonant pairs
Vic sells fans from the back of his van.• f / v
Snakes hiss and bees buzz.
• s / z
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)
Pronunciation: vowel sounds
• rain• cheese• tied• road• blues• noise• noun• fern
• boys• plane• news• code• town• please• turn• ride
Green words Go!
bag pen rubber
bb is the same as b
Yellow wordsCheck
pencil crayon pencil case file
Sometimes c has the s sounday has the ai sound: daya_e has the same sound as ai (train, rain)i_e is the ie sound: it’s a split digraph
Red wordsStop!
notebook ruler sharpener
note rhymes with boat and book rhymes with lookThe u in ruler is long /’rooler/; it comes from rule (u_e is a split digraph)sharpener is an easy word but it’s long! It has two short er sounds /ǝ/.
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.
Some websites VideosPhonics at Brookland’s Schoolhttp://vimeo.com/4845390Phonics without tearshttp://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
Good literacy skills give access to rest of the curriculum