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Thinking Deeply about Primary Education
9 common misconceptions surrounding the teaching of phonics
Dec 30, 2023
Christopher Such, an expert in phonics, discusses 9 common misconceptions about teaching phonics, including the purpose of phonics, the origin of misconceptions, their prevalence, and the importance of avoiding them. The conversation explores the challenges of balancing sight words and phonetic decoding, navigating inspection frameworks, and dispelling misconceptions about phonics instruction.
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- Phonics aim to teach common correspondences for reading, not instant fluency through decoding alone.
- Focusing on decoding real words over nonsense words enhances reading development.
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Misconception 1: The Purpose of Phonics Programs
The fundamental misconception revolves around the belief that systematic synthetic phonics programs aim to make pupils fluent readers. In reality, the purpose of phonics is to teach common correspondences so that pupils can start reading through practice, not to achieve fluency solely through phonics instruction. This misconception can lead to incorrect expectations about when pupils should become fluent readers.
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