Teaching of phonics

[Josephine Lo]

Dear all,

I would like to ask for your opinion on whether IPA symbols should or
should not be taught in the teaching of phonics to young non-native
speakers (Primary school students). If not, how does the mismatch between
the alphabet and sound (e.g. cook but pronounced with /k/) be explained to
the kids?

Thanks for your attention

Josephine Lo

Research Assistant
Dept. of English and Communication
City University of Hong Kong
enjoselo at cityu.edu.hk
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