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has been controversy over the issue on teaching phonics
to children. However, more and more children's courses
are integrating phonics elements into the syllabus. This
implies that many teachers and educators see the value
of teaching phonics. For some theorists who do not have
teaching experience with EFL children and who totally
rely on the whole language, it is not easy to see the
value of teaching phonics to children. But for those teachers
who do have a very close contact with children everyday,
it is easy to see that children make a better progress
with learning to read and write with the support of phonics
learning. This is particularly true when the children
are not familiar with the Roman alphabet scripts.
Phonics Land could be
used as part of the lesson with children who need to
learn how to read and write. In every lesson, the teacher
can spend about 5 minutes to play the phonics games
with children. It will take about 50 sessions for children
to become confident with reading and writing everyday
English words.
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