TEACHERS’ AREA

 

 

 

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.