South China: 'Phoning in Phonics: why teaching phonics shouldn’t stop after basic literacy training'

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South China: 'Phoning in Phonics: why teaching phonics shouldn’t stop after basic literacy training'

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This is a good article in the South China Morning Post - with relevance to teaching the English writing system in China where there is a huge and growing interest:

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/educ ... stop-after
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Phoning in Phonics: why teaching phonics shouldn’t stop after basic literacy training

In contrast to the approach of many Hong Kong schools, phonics improves contemporary literacy education, and should be used beyond preschool and early primary classrooms
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