Phonics: Practice, Research and Policy
Maureen Lewis & Sue Ellis
At a time when the government is urging English schools to implement a particular approach to the teaching of phonics, this book offers teachers and student teachers a practical, informed and balanced overview on the role of phonics in learning to read. With contributions from leading literacy experts the book includes chapters on
- How children learn to read and how phonics helps
- Classroom approaches to phonics teaching
- Involving parents and carers
- Speaking and phonological awareness
- Spelling links
- Responses to the Rose Review on Early Reading
- Suggestions for staff development
It provides the information needed to make informed professional judgements in this controversial area.
Published by SAGE/UKLA
ISBN-10: 1 4129 3086 3
Format: Paperback
