You can listen to the alphabet song online or get someone you know to sing and record it for you so that you can listen to it over and over again as you learn it.
You make vowel sounds in your throat with the help of your tongue and mouth while you form consonants by using your tongue and mouth to control the flow of your breath. Vowels can be spoken alone, but consonants can’t. For example, the letter A is simply “a” but B is actually “bee,” C is “see,” D is “dee” and so on.
Find an approach that makes sense to you. Phonics is typically taught in one of two ways: by what’s called a see-and-say approach in which you learn to read whole words or a syllable approach in which you learn how to sound out different letter combinations and put them together to form words. To learn phonics, you must hear the sounds of the syllables and/or words. To do that, you need to find an online program, purchase or borrow a DVD from your local library or work with a family member, friend, tutor or instructor who can help you learn the sounds created by various letter combinations and what those look like written out.
Comma (,). When you see a comma, you’re meant to pause or slightly hesitate when you’re reading. Period (. ). A period indicates the end of a sentence. When you reach a period, come to a complete stop and take a deep breath before continuing to read. Question mark (?). When you ask a question, your voice goes up. When you see ? at the end of sentence, a question is being asked, so make sure your voice rises when you’re reading. Exclamation point (!). This mark is used to emphasize an important point or to grab attention. When you read a sentence that ends with !, be sure to sound excited or to strongly emphasize the words.
Be sure to choose texts that match your reading level. [2] X Expert Source Soren Rosier, PhDEducation Researcher Expert Interview. 1 May 2019. Try reading books that really interest you. [3] X Expert Source Soren Rosier, PhDEducation Researcher Expert Interview. 1 May 2019.
Look for picture clues. Check out the photos, illustrations or other visuals on the page. Explore what’s in them (people, places, objects, actions) that might make sense in the sentence. Sound out the word. Starting with the first letter, say each letter-sound out loud slowly. Then repeat the sounds, blending them together to form the word and considering if the word makes sense in the sentence. Chunk it up. Look at the word and see if you can pick out any sound/symbols, prefixes, suffixes, endings or base words that you already know. Read each “chunk” by itself and then try blending the chunks together and sound out the word. For example, if you know that “pre” means “before” and “view” means “to look at,” you could figure out that “preview” means “to look at ahead of time” if you approached the word by breaking it up into those two chunks. Look for connections. Consider whether the unfamiliar word bears any resemblance to a word you might already know. Ask yourself if it’s a chunk or a form of the unfamiliar word. You could also try using the known word in the sentence to see if it makes sense; it could be that the meanings of the two words are close enough for understanding.
For example, if you know that “pre” means “before” and “view” means “to look at,” you could figure out that “preview” means “to look at ahead of time” if you approached the word by breaking it up into those two chunks.
You could also try using the known word in the sentence to see if it makes sense; it could be that the meanings of the two words are close enough for understanding.
