Research into phonics use to teach adults needed
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It was revealed in September that the new functional skills
qualifications in English will include phonics
Tes: 7.05.2018 by Julia Belgutay
More
research is needed into how phonics can be used with adults, according to
new research published by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF).
The
new report, entitled Current
practice in using a system of phonics with post-16 learners,
highlights differences in learning to read as an adult and learning to read as
a young child, including “marked differences in learning contexts, such as
contact time and attendance patterns, as well as learner characteristics,
including world knowledge and experience”.
“Decoding
and encoding skills will be strengthened if they are taught in such a way that
they engage adult learners,” it added. The report stresses that “taking an
existing phonics scheme designed for use in primary schools and importing it
into the adult context is unlikely to be effective”.
Commissioned
the ETF,
the research was undertaken by University College London (UCL) researchers and
funded by the Department for Education (DfE). It assesses the extent to which
phonics approaches are currently used with entry-level learners across the
sector and looks at how adult literacy tutors might be supported to use phonics
approaches effectively. READ MORE
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