| Phonics is a system of instruction that aims to teach | | | | affect their capacity to effectively learn from the |
| students how to read in English. It involves the | | | | phonics method of teaching reading. As a matter of |
| introduction of individual letters or grouped letters | | | | fact, the system of phonics as better developed |
| that form the simplest parts of a spoken English | | | | today has shown tremendous potential in helping |
| word. For example, the word "bat" can be read by | | | | illiterate adults catch on their basic reading skills. |
| first separately introducing the letter "b" and | | | | Admittedly, however, there are some factors that |
| demonstrating how it is pronounced and doing the | | | | might keep adults from learning how to read. For |
| same with the words "at". Pronouncing them in the | | | | instance, adults may not have as much time to |
| right sequence will lead to the pronunciation of the | | | | attend regular classroom sessions like children do. |
| word "bat". | | | | Thus, adult phonics systems can help adults learn at |
| The use of phonics is one of the simplest ways of | | | | their own desired pacing. Instead of a regular |
| teaching children how to read, and eventually write, | | | | classroom teacher which facilitates an entire class at |
| the English language in their early stages of education, | | | | a fixed schedule, they are guided by audio-visual aids |
| and has been used popularly as a method of | | | | brought to you by software that adults that work |
| instruction in preschool and even home school years. | | | | with on their own time. |
| But can adults use phonics in order to learn how to | | | | Adults can definitely use phonics. This form of |
| read? The answer is yes, very much. The difference | | | | education can truly eradicate the problems of adult |
| of ages between a child and an adult does not at all | | | | illiteracy and in the process curb its effects in society. |