Phonics & Its Benefits

Whether you are an educator, a parent, or a student, you must have heard about phonics. Recently, countless experts have come forward to discuss the efficiency of phonics. Despite the debate, several people are still unaware of what phonics is and its importance in early childhood. If you are skeptical about phonics and its significance, then this article is for you!

What is Phonics?

Phonics is a part of linguistics where the sounds and physical properties of human speech are learned. The goal is to teach students the most common sound-spelling relationships so that they can decode words. Or in simple terms, phonics is the relationship between the letters of the alphabet and the sound those letters stand for in written words. By learning phonics, a child can quickly and easily decode unknown words.

Why is it important?  

1.  Decode New Words: As mentioned earlier, one of the significant benefits of teaching phonics is that it helps students decode new words. Instead of learning a new set of vowels each year, students can get a better understanding of the letters by learning its sounds.

2.  Better Spellers: When a child learns to break down words into sounds, he/she will be able to spell correctly. By understanding words and sounds, it boosts their confidence and continues writing with minimal mistakes.

3.  Rules of Language: Another benefit of learning phonics is that children understand the rules of the English language.  

4.  Fluent Readers: Once the child is proficient in decoding words, he/she can read quickly without stumbling. Therefore, they can easily transition into books that challenge their skills and master them soon.

5.  Reading Comprehension: Once decoding becomes second nature, a child automatically tries to understand the meaning of the context. Therefore, it improves their overall ability to comprehend the author’s message.

As you can see, phonics allows children to develop their reading skills. If you are passionate about teaching and building the future of tomorrow, then head over to Mind Booster, the leading establishment for teaching programs in UAE. Our Phonics and Grammar teacher training in UAE gives you a comprehensive understanding of the topic. Join Mind Booster and let us build a stronger, smarter, and kinder generation together.

Phonics and Grammar Teacher Training UAE | EYFS Training Program Ajman

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Why it isNecessary to Learn Grammar?
English grammar is the way in which meanings are encoded into wordings in the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences, right up to the structure of whole texts. Basically it teaches the structured side of literacy. Children have their own way of learning everything. So it is necessary that Teachers teach this grammar a veryimportant aspect of language in a child friendly way. Proper knowledge of grammar helps in improving reading and writing skills of children. This will help them in understanding the subject thoroughly.

What is Jolly Grammar Teacher Training Program?
Jolly Grammar Teacher Training Program aims at training the candidates in structured side of literacy like spelling rules , punctuation, parts of speech , tenses , comparatives and superlatives in a child friendly way. This will assure them n give satisfaction that children are gaining proper understanding of grammar.

Course Duration:
15 hours

Who Can Avail This Course?
Existing and Aspiring Teachers and Parents can enhance their knowledge about teaching basic grammar, comprehension skills and extended language skills to children.

Course Contents:

1.      Alternate Spellings

2.      Digraphs

3.      Parts of Speech

4.      Verb Tense (Regular & Irregular)

5.      Alphabetical Orde

6.      Short & Long Vowels

7.      Comparatives & Superlatives

8.      Prefixes & Suffixes

9.      Sentence Structure

10.  Parsing

11.  Punctuation, Questions, Synonyms etc.

12.  Proof Reading

13.  Using a Thesaurus

14.  Silent letters

Phonics Teacher Training Workshop UAE | Phonics and Grammar Teacher Training UAE What are Phonics?

Phonics Teacher Training Workshop UAE | Phonics and Grammar Teacher Training UAE

What are Phonics?

Phonics is a method for teaching reading and writing of the English language by developing learners' ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes in order to teach the correspondence between these sounds and the spelling patterns that represent them.
Phonics is a multi-sensory, synthetic phonics programme. With Phonics, children are taught the English alphabetic code in a simple, but structured way. Phonics was developed by teachers who wanted an effective method of teaching that was also active, interesting and suitable for young children.
Synthetic phonics is a method of teaching children to read and write. The children are taught how the English alphabetic code works before they are expected to do the harder tasks of reading books and writing independently. Synthetic Phonics does not start with whole printed words. It starts with single letters and the sounds that the letters represent.

Why Learning Phonics is Important?

·         The goal of phonics is to enable beginning readers to decode new written words by sounding them out, or, in phonics terms, blending the sound-spelling patterns.

·         By learning phonics kids become able to read the unfamiliar word by themselves.

·         It will improve the blending skills to write new words and build sentences.

·         It will improve the fluency in reading and writing.

·         Learning phonics is like learn with fun for children which will enhance their future development in reading and writing skills.

Phonics Workshop teaches five basic skills,each of which has its own section.
The five basic skills are:

1.       Learning the Letter Sounds (it's about different sounds in English not necessarily alphabets)

2.       Learning Letter Formation

3.       Blending (this is required for reading)

4.       Identifying the Sounds in Words (this is reqired for writing)

5.       Tricky Words

Although the teaching has been separated into these 5 basic skills, what we need to know is the first four skill are taught simultaneously right from the very beginning. Let's say we teaching sound /s/ so we will start with sound, letter formation, learning how to blend and identification of this sound in spoken words.

Who can Avail This Workshop?
Existing Teachers, Mothers of Toddlers, Aspiring Teachers.

Workshop Duration: 2 days

Course Contents:
The course is taught through a range of fun, multi-sensory activities by our highly experienced teachers, it includes:

1.       Learning 42 letter sounds

2.       Learning letter formation

3.       Blending

4.       Identifying sounds in words

5.       Identifying tricky words

6.       Initial consonant blends

7.       Final consonant blends

8.       Language rules

9.       Digraphs

10.   Alternative blends

This course is taught through a range of fun and multisensory activities that facilitates reading and writing skills in children . The impact of this course will help unlock every teacher and parents potential to achieve greater success in teaching language to young learners.