'Phonics' definitions:
Definition of 'phonics'
From: WordNet
noun
Teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values
Definition of 'Phonics'
From: GCIDE
- Phonics \Phon"ics\ (f[o^]n"[i^]ks), n.
- 1. Same as Phonetics. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A method of teaching reading and spelling to beginning students, emphasizing the sound values of individual letters and syllables, and the relationship between pronunciation and spelling. Contrasted to {whole language method} and sentence method. [PJC]