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Children are systematically taught around 40 phonic sounds and the combination of letters used to represent each sound. Most sounds, however, have more than one way to spell them.

Phonics teaching covers first the most common relationships between letters and sounds as they can be used to read many new words. Then it covers some of the less frequent relationships.

While many teachers are now using phonics to teach reading, some may be doing it better than others, said McCandliss. "If children are struggling, even if they're receiving phonics instruction, ...

And yet Letters and Sounds was often seen as being the government-endorsed method of teaching reading, he added. Debbie Hepplewhite from Phonics International said teachers were relying on free ...

In all, the 26 letters of the English alphabet can be combined to make about 44 sounds (depending on your accent). When those sounds are put together, they create 15,000 syllables and untold ...

Two of the synthetic phonics programs, Letters and Sounds (L&S) and Early Reading Research (ERR), used by English primary schools to teach young children to read are equally effective overall ...

Synthetic phonics starts with letters which the children learn to match with sounds. The meaning of the words are irrelevant, and indeed, inconsequential.