A look at Jolly Phonics as a way to learn speech
Education is an interesting topic, especially when examined in terms of how it has evolved throughout the decades. Victor Restis follows this closely as it shapes America. Today, he shares about one of the more interesting developments that many American students are learning with, Jolly Phonics. Image source: youtube.com In general, phonics is understood as a method of teaching people how to read and write an alphabetic language. What sets it apart is its unique way of demonstrating the relationship between the sounds of language (phonemes) and the letters or groups of letters (graphemes) or the syllables of the written language. Exposing oneself to different sounds as a basis to build on speech development, and later, language itself, is a very sensible learning framework, shares Victor Restis. However, phonics was criticized for being relatively lackluster, and many students reported losing interest in their learning of the subject matter. Image source: indoindians.com Joll...