'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]

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