2.3.2 Phonics Vs Whole World Flashcards
The phonics approach is all about …
Learning what combinations of graphemes (letters) correspond to sounds
Issues with phonetic approach. 2
Doesn’t teach meaning
Doesn’t prepare children for words that have no phoneme-graphic correspondence
What’s phoneme-grapheme corresspondence
The link between sound and letters of a word
Types of phoneme-grapheme correspondence
Full
Partial
No
What’s the whole word approach
Idea that children learn (memorise) how each word is pronounced
Issues with whole word approach
Doesn’t prepare children to pronounce words that they haven’t learned
Assumes a child will be able to memorise great numbers of words
What’s the psycholinguistic model
Approach which challenges the phonics and whole word approach
In the psycholinguistic approach, child learns based on …
The environment from which they live and their interactions with caregivers
Issues of psycholinguistic model
Method doesn’t always cover all bases and has potential of child not guessing or guessing wrong
