Phonics

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What is phonics?

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Phonics is a method of teaching reading and writing by developing learners' phonemic awareness, which is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes.

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What is a phoneme?

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another.

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What sound does the letter 'A' make?

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The letter 'A' can make different sounds, such as the short sound /æ/ as in 'cat' and the long sound /eɪ/ as in 'cake'.

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What sound does the letter 'E' make?

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The letter 'E' can make different sounds, such as the short sound /ɛ/ as in 'bed' and the long sound /iː/ as in 'beet'.

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What sound does the letter 'I' make?

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The letter 'I' can make different sounds, such as the short sound /ɪ/ as in 'sit' and the long sound /aɪ/ as in 'kite'.

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What sound does the letter 'O' make?

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The letter 'O' can make different sounds, such as the short sound /ɒ/ as in 'hot' and the long sound /oʊ/ as in 'go'.

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What sound does the letter 'U' make?

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The letter 'U' can make different sounds, such as the short sound /ʌ/ as in 'cup' and the long sound /juː/ as in 'cute'.

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What is blending in phonics?

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Blending is the process of combining individual sounds (phonemes) to form a word.

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What is segmenting in phonics?

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Segmenting is the process of breaking a word down into its individual sounds (phonemes).

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What is a consonant?

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A consonant is a speech sound that is not a vowel. It is produced by obstructing airflow in some way.