Phonics: Practice, Research and Policy

[At a time when the government is urging English schools to implement a particular approach to the teaching of phonics, this book offers teachers and student teachers a practical, informed and balanced overview on the role of phonics in learning to read. With contributions from leading literacy experts the book includes chapters on
How children learn to read and how phonics helps
Classroom approaches to phonics teaching
Involving parents and carers
Speaking and phonological awareness
Spelling links
Responses to the Rose Review on Early Reading
Suggestions for staff development

It provides the information needed to make informed professional judgements in this controversial area.