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[[Image:Phonics book.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Jolly Phonics'' is a [[British]] synthetic phonics method of teaching literacy, developed by Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham, primary school teachers at Woods Loke School in Lowestoft, England.]]

[[Image:Phonics book.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Jolly Phonics'' is a [[British]] synthetic phonics method of teaching literacy, developed by Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham, primary school teachers at Woods Loke School in Lowestoft, England.]]

'''Phonics''' consists of reading based on phonetic building blocks of language, rather than trying to memorize full words and reading based on recognition of words. Having learned the most-used English sounds (''[[phonology|phonemes]]''), and the letters they correspond to, children are then able to read nearly all English words.<ref>The term may be used to describe two methods of teaching, "synthetic" and "analytic" phonics. Synthetic phonics is the most widespread and produces the best results; analytic phonics is commonly called "phoney phonics," relying as it does on beginning with whole words learnt by global shape ("initial sight vocabulary") and the building of a "keyword sight vocabulary."</ref> Phonics is widely recognized as the best way to learn to read, yet it is rarely taught properly in schools. A less literate population is beneficial to one side in politics ([[Democrat]]s) because it results in more [[ballot harvesting]] from illiterate voters.<ref>About 50 million adults are illiterate, and Dems fill out their ballots for them. [https://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues392.shtml]</ref>

'''Phonics''' consists of reading based on phonetic building blocks of language, rather than trying to memorize full words and reading based on recognition of words. Having learned the most-used English sounds (''[[phonology|phonemes]]''), and the letters they correspond to, children are then able to read nearly all English words.<ref>The term may be used to describe two methods of teaching, "synthetic" and "analytic" phonics. Synthetic phonics is the most widespread and produces the best results; analytic phonics is commonly called "phoney phonics," relying as it does on beginning with whole words learnt by global shape ("initial sight vocabulary") and the building of a "keyword sight vocabulary."</ref> Phonics is widely recognized as the best way to learn to read, yet it is rarely taught properly in schools. A less literate population is beneficial to one side in politics ([[Democrat]]s) because it results in more [[ballot harvesting]] from illiterate voters.<ref>About 50 million adults are illiterate, and Dems fill out their ballots for them. [https://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues392.shtml]</ref>