讲解课1：What is phonics? 什么是自然拼读？

（讲解文字仅提供英文。）

Hello, everyone!

Thanks a lot for following VoiceLand and purchasing thisalbum of Phonics.

大家好，感谢关注“澜声英文”！感谢订购我们的“零基础自然拼读课”。

We have updated the “short vowel” and part of the “longvowel” to this album. I believe you have got a rough idea of how the phonicssystem works in the words and sentences.

If we want to learn a language well, we need to listen more,we need to collect more information from the words, sentences, from everythingyou can hear, read in this language.

Now it’s time to give you some clear ideas of what isphonics and how to learn it.

What is Phonics?

Phonics is a method of teaching beginners to read andpronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups, andespecially syllables. This is the definition of Phonics.

Learning phonics is a basic building block for learning toread. Phonics teaches you the relationships between sounds, letters, and theletter groups that build words. When you learn phonics, you learn reading, writing, andbasic language skills, too.

Phonics is not only helpful for English learners to learnhow to read, it also can help you to get over lifelong barriers to reading andwriting. Phonics for adults is every bit as important as it is for children. Phonicsis the basis of reading and writing.

There’s a common question I usually met during my experiencesof consulting adults and students for English learning.

What is the difference between Phonics and Phonetics?

In popular usage the words are often used interchangeably. Phonics isthe term usually employed when speaking of a method of beginning readinginstruction. In this use, phonics is regarded as a simplified formof phonetics, which is the scientific study of speech sounds.

So you can say there’s no big difference between Phonics andPhonetics.

Phonics is a simplified form of phonetics, to help you learnEnglish more easily. Phonetics is the scientific study of speech sounds.

You don’t need to remember exactly which letter representswhich sound.

There’re usually people ask me that how can I remember allthe rules of pronunciation of all the letters? You just don’t need to do that.This is a very important point during your learning of phonics.

You need to use phonics in the context of whole meaningfulwords from the first minute. At every step, you should be gaining more understandingabout how the language works and picking up the vocabulary to discuss readingand spelling. Learning phonics is just a matter of practice. 

So much for this lesson. In the next lesson, we will talkabout how to learn phonics and we will provide 3 methods for you to choosefrom.

那这一节呢，就到这里了，下次我们来聊一聊怎样学习自然拼读。我们会提供三种方法比较具体的方法，你可以选择适合自己的那一种。

那已经购买了本套课程的朋友，如果对自然拼读还有什么样的困惑和疑问，欢迎在课程下面留言，我们会将相关讲解编入后续课程的更新中，以答谢您的支持！谢谢！