"Young learners like sounds of english, it's easy to use and interactive."
One of the hardest things is to get students to sit down and focus on learning. However, with Sounds of English's fun, interactive phonics programme, students become actively engaged in their learning simply because they are enjoying themselves.
What is phonics?
Phonics is simply the system of relationships between letters and sounds in a language. When a young English learner learns that the letter B has the sound of /b/ and later learns that "tion" sounds like /shun/, they are learning phonics.
Why is phonics important? Learning phonics will help your children learn to read and spell in English. Written language can be compared to a code, so knowing the sounds of letters and letter combinations will help your child decode words as he reads. Knowing phonics will also help your child know which letters to use as he writes words.
Tom and Bonzo
Another unique feature of Sounds of English is The Adventures of Tom and Bonzo. These two fun characters feature in every lesson and utilise all the vocabulary used in the each lesson into an amusing narrative. As students' language skills develop so do the Tom and Bonzo stories.
Phonics gives young learners the self-esteem and confidence to read and spell.
Highlights
Teaches how to blend the sounds for reading; e.g. c-a-t is cat, r-a-i-n is rain, s-t-o-p is stop in Sound TV
Provides video guidance and interactive practice of synthetic phonics in Watch & Pick
Enables the identification of letter combinations, sounds and words in Tell & Spell
Reinforces word recognition and decoding skills through the Adventures of Tom and Bonzo
Features
Mouth Modelling
Interesting Story Context
Instant Score Report
Benefits of Phonics Programme
Teachers
Effective bridging strategies in listening and speaking
Assessment module on listening and speaking
Phonics materials (20 lessons) for ongoing use
Easy monitoring of students' progress
Students
Continuous phonics reinforcement while learning and playing along
Enriching word-sound association and vocabulary for each exercise
Effective and engaging practice in listening, watching, and spelling
