As early as in the last century, developed countries have already given up this way to teach. They adopted a new teaching model — Phonics(Lloyd, S 23). Phonics has high levels of approval in countries and internationally. It is a rules of pronunciation based on the 26 letters. It abandoned the tradition of according to the phonetic symbols to pronunciation and combined with the “pattern” to establish the relationship between the form and pronunciation to understand and realize “pronouncing any words” for students. That is to say the students can give a pronunciation of the new English word and even spell it can only hear the words directly.
In the United States and in England, phonics is the first step to read for children’s learning. English-speaking children memory the words do not rely on the “recite”, but by “phonics”. Phonics not only a method for children whose mother tongue is English to learn pronunciation and spelling and improve a ability of reading and understanding. But also is a teaching method for beginners which regard English as a second language to learn the rules of pronunciation and spelling skills. In 2000, Hong Kong and Taiwan in China have used this method, and entered a stage of large-scale promotion and popularization. In recent years, there is a preliminary involves phonics of primary school English teaching material. Teachers have already started to adopt phonics gradually in the teaching process (Heilman, A.W. 112-113). Firstly, teachers let students understand that learning English as simple as learning Chinese pinyin. Regard vowels and consonants in the English as the vowels and consonants in Chinese pinyin. Secondly, let the student from the structure of the word to be categorized to understand the vowels and consonants. To make them know pronunciation rules of five vowels in different circumstances. Thirdly, teachers could teach common letter combinations and some common affix combined with the teaching material content. Finally, teachers can to teach students to study the new words by using this method. To make the memory of English words as easily as mother tongue. In the process, we have to draw inferences about other cases from one instance, let the students master the regular pattern of word pronunciation in a lot of words. As in the teaching process we can adhere to lead students to memorize words based on pronunciation and effective learning methods. Students can make a syllabication accurately according to the pronunciation. Then it reduced the difficulty of the memory, improved the efficiency of memorizing the words, reduced the difficulty of the students to learn English and reciting the words easily. Phonics is a scientific way of learning English, this kind of teaching method is simple and efficient and comply with the principle of human to learn languages (Jeannette Vos, Gorden Dryden). Even people who have never learned English can increase efficiency of study by learning and training. Not relying on the International Phonetic Alphabet. Teachers began to phonics for voice and word teaching from the elementary school lower grade. It is a good way for students to escape from the burden of memorization. 自然拼音教学法在小学英语教学中的应用(2):http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_35237.html