Compare results of not teaching phonics to teaching phonics?

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Usually phonic methods of teaching reading, provided some key words are learned by rote, are vastly more effective than other methods. It's also important to avoid made up words.

I have no doubt at all the pathetic levels of literacy in many (probably most) schools in the English-speaking countries are the result of quack teaching methods. In effect, they throw away the alphabet and treat English as if it were written in hieroglyphics!

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Teaching phonics is useful to teach kids the skills needed to figure out how to pronounce words. However, it is best when it is also used with other teaching methods since some children with learning disabilities will not be successful with phonics alone. That is because verbal skills and memory are needed with phonics.

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Our Grandson is autistic, and one sympton of autism is a poor memory. They tried to teach him to read by

memorizing symbols and parts of words, but this was impossible: there were THREE THOUSAND of them. He was automatically-upgraded despite the fact he couldn't read. His mother repeatedly pleaded with them for help, even told them what to do and how to do it, but was always told "You're not a teacher - you're only his mother" [!!] It wasn't until year 8 that teachers actually listened to his mother and actually arranged a remedial teacher. How do remedial teachers teach reading? By Phonics! In the meantime his mother and grandmother (my wife ) taught him phonetically by themselves AT HOME. A teaching degree is not required to teach phonics.

All students - repeat, all students - will learn to read if taught phonetically. The problem is not the student: it is the teacher and the ideology of the education system and teacher's colleges that is At Fault. For several generations now teachers themselves have been indoctrinated that phonics simply does not work, with the result that teachers today teach non-phonetically wherever possible because that is the way they were taught. Teachers today teach reading non-phonic because that is the way they themselves learnt, and they were taught by others who were also taught to read using non-phonics, and so on.

The ability to read or not affects all other education and learning for the rest of a student's life. People who are taught to read phonetically become literate, while those who are not "'fall through the cracks'' and are functionally-illiterate. That is the individual ultimate result. The collective-result of not teaching phonics is the now-widespread dumbing-down of society.

Answer 2

Not teaching phonics can lead to difficulties in decoding words, spelling, and reading fluency. Teaching phonics helps students understand the connection between letters and sounds, making it easier for them to read and spell words accurately. Overall, teaching phonics typically leads to improved reading skills and better literacy outcomes.