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*the synthetic phonics group had the best levels of rhyme and phoneme awareness

*the synthetic phonics group had the best levels of rhyme and phoneme awareness

The British ''Jolly Phonics'' synthetic phonics method was found in independent studies to give children, after one year's tuition, an average reading age around 12 months ahead of chronological age. Their spelling age was found to be slightly further ahead, and boys typically did as well as girls. Synthetic phonics has a major and long-lasting effect on children's reading and spelling attainment, and gives children strategies for reading and writing that they wouldn't otherwise have had at the early stages using other methods.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4255069.stm ''Sounds help pupils with reading'']. BBC news Channel. 11 February, 2005. 12 May 2008.</ref>  

The British ''Jolly Phonics'' synthetic phonics method was found in independent studies to give children, after one year's study, an average reading age around 12 months ahead of their chronological age. The children's spelling age was found to be slightly further ahead, and boys typically did as well as girls. Synthetic phonics has a major and long-lasting effect on children's reading and spelling abilities, and gives children strategies for reading and writing that they wouldn't otherwise have had at the early stages using other methods.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4255069.stm ''Sounds help pupils with reading'']. BBC news Channel. 11 February, 2005. 12 May 2008.</ref>  

In 2005, the U.K.'s Department for Children, Schools and Families appointed Jim Rose, former Deputy Chief Inspector of Schools, to lead an independent review to examine best practice in teaching reading, in order to implement a "renewal of the literacy framework."<ref>[http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/features/literacy/1174785/ ''Rose Report'']. June 2005. DfES. 12 May 2008</ref> Rose concluded that synthetic phonics "offers the vast majority of beginners the best route to becoming skilled readers" and should be taught "first and fast."<ref>Rose, Jim. [http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/phonics/report.pdf ''Independent review of the teaching of early reading: Final Report''] March 2006. 12 May 2008.</ref>

In 2005, the U.K.'s Department for Children, Schools and Families appointed Jim Rose, former Deputy Chief Inspector of Schools, to lead an independent review to examine best practice in teaching reading, in order to implement a "renewal of the literacy framework."<ref>[http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/features/literacy/1174785/ ''Rose Report'']. June 2005. DfES. 12 May 2008</ref> Rose concluded that synthetic phonics "offers the vast majority of beginners the best route to becoming skilled readers" and should be taught "first and fast."<ref>Rose, Jim. [http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/phonics/report.pdf ''Independent review of the teaching of early reading: Final Report''] March 2006. 12 May 2008.</ref>