phonics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfoʊnɪks/ (General-American)
- /ˈfɒnɪks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfəʊnɪks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfɑnɪks/ (General-American)
Etymology
From phon- + -ics.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling.
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(uncountable) A method of teaching elementary reading based on the phonetic interpretation of normal spelling.
Phonics has gone in and out of style for decades, and the current conflict over how to teach reading is only the latest in a tug-of-war that dates to the 19th century.
2020 February 15, Dana Goldstein, “An Old and Contested Solution to Boost Reading Scores: Phonics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- (uncountable) Phonetics.
- (uncountable) Acoustics.
Coordinates
diaphonics · phonemics · whole language · cataphonics
Deriveds
synthetic phonics · Ebonics · diaphonics · cataphonics · phonicator · -phonics
Relateds
dodecaphonics · multiphonics · allophonics · anthropophonics · symphonics · homophonics · microphonics · dormiphonics
Translations (8)
cmn 自然拼讀 /自然拼读 (method of teaching) · cmn 字母拼讀 /字母拼读 (method of teaching) · es fónica (study) · cmn 自然發音 /自然发音 (method of teaching) · cmn 自然拼音 (method of teaching) · ja フォニックス (method of teaching) · fi foniikka (study) · sv ljudning (method of teaching)