TEACHERS’ AREA

Dear Colleagues,

I will use this area to post material that some of you may find useful or of interest. Please let me know if there is anything you would like to see on this website. All suggestions are welcome.

Also, please let me know of any dead links. Sometimes this site will not work. This is a temporary problem due to over-use. Try using the mirror site at www.oocities.org/hgcenglish

Raymond

Note: This area is not secure. i.e. It is accessible to curious students. But there is nothing here that they shouldn’t read, is there? J

PHONICS INFORMATION

Coursebooks

The following are the full texts of Books 1 and 2 of the Phonics Course that I designed for Holm Glad College. It was taught by the English teachers as part of the English syllabus at Levels 1 to 4, and by myself in a shortened form to senior classes.

A Course in Phonics Book 1 (2006 edition) Teacher’s Book1 (2006 edition)

A Course in Phonics Book 2 (2006) Teacher’s Book2 (2006)

Contents and Transcript of the CD for Book 1 Transcript of the CD for Book 2

The above material was adapted to form the Phonics component of the Sun Kei Secondary School Form 1 Oral English Syllabus:

Oral Teaching Schedule (Term 1) Oral Lessons (Term1)

On-line Resources

Phonics Fun – Online exercises and games organized according to the order of Lessons in the Teaching Schedule. Please let me know if you find any resources I can add to this list.

Testing

Phonics Exams These are some exams I have used to test Phonics at Holm Glad College.

Here are some reports I wrote on the outcome of two of the exams: Term 1 Phonics Exam (2005)

Final Phonics Exam (2006)

Further Resources

Poems:

Jabberwocky – A good poem for testing the phonic ability of the more advanced students as it uses mainly made-up words.

Poetry about inconsistencies in English Pronunciation

Tongue Twisters

An article about Phonemic Awareness that may be worth reading.