1. So, what is natural spelling?
Natural spelling English is called Phonics, which uses the pronunciation rules of 26 English letters and their combinations in words to establish the pronunciation cognition of letters and letter combinations. It is a pronunciation rule and spelling skill.
2. The benefits of natural spelling
At present, 90% of English training institutions have natural spelling courses, and there are many corresponding teaching materials. It has its advantages. In the early days, when the characters were relatively simple, it was easy to spell by learning the pronunciation of letters or letter combinations, and the official propaganda of "listening to sounds and writing, reading words and reading books" was realized.
Spelling is the basis of reading and can improve reading ability. Let learners' spoken vocabulary be transformed into reading vocabulary, and they can recognize words in reading (just as China people can speak Chinese first, then learn Pinyin and Chinese characters, and gradually have the ability to write articles in reading Chinese, so can English).
Let learners write when they hear words and read when they see words. This can help to recall spelling according to the pronunciation of words, so it is easier to memorize words instead of memorizing and copying words all the time.
(3) Children learn natural spelling in the primary stage of English, which can help them master Chinese Pinyin. Many pronunciations are similar or even the same as pinyin, such as g k and other consonants.
3. Limitations of natural spelling
English words have many irregular combinations and pronunciations, so natural spelling can't solve this problem well.
Natural spelling is very useful for English-speaking students. After all, they have stored a lot of listening vocabulary before they know the words, and when they really see the words, their listening vocabulary is already very rich. If you master the spelling rules, you can correspond words with their pronunciations and meanings at once. However, when we China students learn English, we don't have a lot of listening vocabulary. We often learn both words and pronunciations, which can't achieve the effect of "seeing pronunciation and listening to pinyin" pursued by natural spelling.
For English-speaking students, natural spelling is not as effective as advertised. If the effect is so magical, English-speaking countries will not be so keen on the word spelling contest. This is mainly due to too many irregular pronunciations and letter combinations. As a very open and inclusive language, English has absorbed many foreign languages in the long process of development, not to mention Latin, Greek and French directly used in English, as well as typical words from other countries. English is also transliterated directly. For example, the morning tea in China and Guangdong is translated into "dim sum", not to mention the familiar "dim sum". Speaking English is easier to spell than speaking French and German!
4. The role of natural spelling is limited, and it is necessary to master the international phonetic spelling method.
Actually, spelling is not difficult for students in China. Children can spell English words by learning Chinese Pinyin and International Phonetic Alphabet. Recently, blue monkeys have been asked to recite words. He didn't learn phonetic symbols, nor did he learn natural spelling. However, because he has accumulated a large number of listening vocabulary, when he started to remember words, he naturally divided the words into paragraphs by means of hanyu pinyin, and soon he could remember a large number of words.
The above is an explanation of the benefits of natural spelling. In fact, learning English slowly is fast. For children, you should listen first, and you don't have to be superstitious about various skills and methods.