phonics

A method of teaching elementary reading and spelling based on the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.

Phonetics.

The doctrine or science of sounds, especially those of the human voice; phonetics.

The art of combining musical sounds.

same as phonetics.

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.

The study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling.

A method of teaching elementary reading based on the phonetic interpretation of normal spelling.

Phonetics.

teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values