Abstract

Phonics is one of the most important means of English Teaching. In the English teaching of primary schools, many students show terribly strong interests in English at first. However when it comes to Grade Five, students feel fear of English even hate it, because they are requested to write. In this study, a contrastive research will be done in classes, which is supposed to answer the following questions: (1) Will phonics increase the students’ accuracy of memorizing words? (2) Will phonics be accepted by students?

This research is taken out in the primary school where the author works as an intern teacher. The analysis of the research proves that phonics does help students to memorize new words more accurately. Besides, it finds that phonics even makes students more active in English vocabulary learning. Finally, it proves that phonics is well accepted by students.

Keywords: phonics; English vocabulary spelling; primary schools

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1.-Introduction-1

1.1 The Background of the Research-1

1.2 The Purpose and Significance of the Research-1

1.2.1 The Purpose of the Study-1

1.2.2 The Significance of the Study-2

1.3-The Organization of the Thesis-2

2.-Literature Review-3

2.1-The History of Phonics-3

2.2-The Definition of Phonics-3

2.3-Researches on Phonics-4

2.3.1-Researches on Phonics Abroad-4

2.3.2 Researches on Phonics at Home-4

3.-Methodology-6

3.1-Research Questions-6

3.2-Research Participants-6

3.3-Instruments-6

3.4-Procedures and Data Collection-7

4.-Results and Data Analysis-8

4.1-The Analysis of the Pre-test and Post-test-8

4.1.1-Results& Analysis on Pre-test-8

4.1.2-Results& Analysis on Post-test-9

4.2-The Analysis of the Interview-10

5.-Conclusion-12

5.1-Findings-12

5.2-Suggestions-12

5.3-Limitations-12

Reference-14

AppendixⅠ Pre-test-15

AppendixⅡ Post-test-16

AppendixⅢ Interview-17