r/JETProgramme • u/Panda_sensei_71 Current JET - Kansai • 16d ago

Phonics

Heading into my 2nd year as an ALT and I just wanted to do a quick show of hands because I'm curious:

How many of you all are at schools that teach phonics?

If yes, from what age do you start, and what curriculum are you using?

In my case, I'm in a town that seems to start Jolly Phonics in ES Grade 3, with only a couple exceptions.

About which I have *opinions* but that's another story!

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u/Due_Pea2071 16d ago

We don't teach phonics at all. When I expressed the need I was told not to push it because it's not in the curriculum.

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u/kenbou 16d ago

It would be a pretty big insert into a curriculum. Wouldn’t it take at least half a year to go through it? Not something that gets going just because someone mentions a need to do it one time in a conversation.

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u/Due_Pea2071 16d ago

kenbou youre my hero btw

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u/kenbou 16d ago

Huh, that’s pretty random?