2. a method of teaching reading and spelling to beginning students, emphasizing the sound values of individual letters and syllables, and the relationship between pronunciation and spelling. Contrasted to {whole language method} and {sentence method}. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Phonics — refers to an instructional method for teaching children to read English. Phonics involves teaching children to connect the sounds of spoken English with letters or groups of letters (e.g., that the sound IPA|/k/ can be represented by c , k , or… … Wikipedia
phonics — 1680s, science of sound, from Gk. phone sound (see FAME (Cf. fame)) + ICS (Cf. ics). The meaning method of teaching reading is first attested 1908, though the system dates from 1844 … Etymology dictionary
phonics — [fän′iks, fōn′iks] n. [< PHONIC] 1. the science or study of sound; acoustics 2. a method of teaching beginners to read or enunciate by learning to associate certain letters or groups of letters with the sounds they commonly represent: cf. LOOK … English World dictionary
phonics — /fon iks/ or, for 2, /foh niks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling. 2. Obs. phonetics. [1675 85; PHON + ICS] * * * Method of reading instruction that … Universalium
phonics — garso teorija statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. phonics vok. Klanglehre, f; Lautlehre, f; Schallehre, f rus. теория звука, f pranc. phonique, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
phonics — noun plural but singular in construction Date: circa 1684 1. the science of sound ; acoustics 2. a method of teaching beginners to read and pronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups, and especially syllables … New Collegiate Dictionary
phonics — noun a) The study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling. b) A method of teaching elementary reading based on the phonetic interpretation of … Wiktionary
phonics — pho·nics fän iks, 1 is also fō niks n pl but sing in constr 1) the science of sound: ACOUSTICS 2) a method of teaching beginners to read and pronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups, and esp. syllables … Medical dictionary
phonics — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sounds, sound system, pronunciation; see diction … English dictionary for students
phonics — phon|ics [ˈfɔnıks, ˈfəu US ˈfa: , ˈfou ] n [U] a method of teaching people to read in which they are taught to recognize the sounds that letters represent … Dictionary of contemporary English
