“Phonics is a method that teaches people to read by learning to recognise the sounds that letters represent.” Remember, you don’t always need a dictionary to find the meaning of a word.

1st level English and Literacy Sounds and patterns learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

They invariably use a method that involves direct, explicit, systematic phonics. This is the inexplicably politicised way of teaching children that letters in our alphabet are associated with sounds.

Learn and practice the ou sound! Help the wizards to make ou words in this fun Phonics guide from BBC Bitesize.

Students learn to read with phonics. Justin McManus Ten hour-long lessons with her, learning the sounds of English and how they are written – "phonograms" – was all it took. Plus a few minutes ...

Department for Education data shows the results of phonics tests, which children take aged five and six. Children sound out a series of specially created words to show they can read the letters ...

But whether or not the test stays, phonics seems firmly embedded in English schools. “It’s very rare that you get a piece of education practice that you stick with and push over a number of ...