Contents

1。 Introduction 1

1。1 Current Situation of Phonics and Phonemic Awareness 1

1。2 Significance of the Thesis 1

2。 Literature Review 4

2。1 Related terms 4

2。1。1 Phonics 4

2。1。2 Phoneme and Phone 4

2。1。3 Phonemic Awareness 4

2。2 Literature Review Abroad and At Home 5

2。2。1 Literature Review Abroad 5

2。2。2 Literature Review At Home 6

3。 Methodology 7

3。1 Hypothesis and Research Questions 7

3。2 Participants 7

3。3 Instruments 7

3。3。1 Classroom Observation 7

3。3。2 Interview and Questionnaire 7

3。4 Research Procedures 7

3。4。1 Pre-test 7

3。4。2 Teaching Practice 8

4。 Data Analysis and Discussion 9

4。1 Results and Analysis on Classroom Observation 9

4。1。1 Teachers’ methods of teaching vocabulary 9

4。1。2 Students’ performance in new words learning 12

4。2 Results and Analysis on Interview and Questionnaire 12

4。2。1 Teachers’ attitudes towards phonics and phonemic awareness 12

4。2。2 Students’ attitudes towards word learning 13

4。2。3 Students’ knowledge of phonics and phonemics awareness 14

4。3 Results and Analysis on 源Q于W优E尔A论S文R网wwW.yOueRw.com 原文+QQ75201,8766 Pre-test and Post-test 15

4。4 Discussion 16

4。4。1 Phonemic Awareness and Word Recognition 16

4。4。2 Phonics teaching builds self-confidence of students 17

5。 Findings and Suggestions 18

5。1 Findings 18

5。2 Suggestions 18

5。2。1 Singing Songs 18

5。2。2 Telling Stories 18

5。2。3 Promoting Listening Skill 19

5。2。4 Learning monograms 19

5。2。5 More Activities and Exercises 19

6。 Conclusion 20

6。1 The summary of the thesis 20

6。2 Limitations 20

References 21

Appendix I Questionnaire