Phonics

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phonics \Phon"ics\ (f[o^]n"[i^]ks), n.
     1. Same as {Phonetics}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A method of teaching reading and spelling to beginning
        students, emphasizing the sound values of individual


        letters and syllables, and the relationship between
        pronunciation and spelling. Contrasted to {whole language
        method} and {sentence method}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  phonics
       n : teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters
           with their sound values