DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PHONICS AND PHONETICS

Is there any difference between PHONICS and PHONETICS?

Phonics and Phonetics are similar in the sense that both deals with sound. There are differences between the two which are:

1. Phonics is a method of teaching children to read while phonetics is the teaching of correct pronunciation of spoken words.
2. Phonics uses letters e.g a,b,c,d to represent sound while phonetics uses signs or symbols e.g /^/, /D/ to represent sound.

3. Phonics is applicable to young children while phonetics is not applicable to young children.

We can agree now that PHONICS and PHONETICS are not the same. So many teachers can't differentiate between phonics and phonetics and as a result fail to apply phonics correctly in teaching children to read.

PROPER CLASS ARRANGEMENT IN SCHOOL

DID YOU KNOW?
After Nursery class comes Kindergarten, not Primary 1.

This is the class arrangement used in most of the advance countries in the world.
Age 0 - 3 years: Creche
Age 3 - 4 years: Nursery 1
Age 4 - 5 years: Nursery 2
Age 5 - 6 years: Kindergarten
Age 6 - 7 years: Primary 1
And so on.

This international standard has now been adopted in Nigeria educational system. There is now 2015 curriculum for schools starting from Creche to Secondary.