Phonetics is the branch of linguistics that examines sounds in a language. Phonetics describes this sound. It can be helpful for studying a language, especially languages that use letters that are silent or have multiple pronunciations. Languages like Arabic and Spanish are consistent in their spelling and pronunciation – each letter represents a single sound which rarely varies. English is different. It has many letters with two or more sounds and many letters that are silent.
ANALYTIC PHONICS
EMBEDDED PHONICS
SYNTHETIC PHONICS
Begins with a whole word and analyses it.
Notice the first letter in the word.
Students are taught to compare a sound pattern within the words.
Taught along with the whole word method.
Includes Analogy Phonics by teaching onset – rime or word families.
Blending words is not taught.
Phonics taught in context of reading stories or when a problem arises; used when students have difficulty reading a particular word.
Notice the first letter in the word.
Taught along with the whole word method.
Not systematic; not all phonics elements are taught – what is needed within the context of reading lesson.
Incidental learning.
Some vowel sounds are often left untaught.
Begins by teaching the code- the sounds of the letter.
Notice every letter in the word, left to right.
Learn to blend sounds into words.
Read decodable stories
Learn to segment words to spell them.
Reading & spelling are taught simultaneously.
Systematic
No guessing from pictures, initial letter, context or word shape.
** A video tutorial is given below for understanding phonetic symbol
