Beyond LINUS - Fun With Sounds

Built on the principles of systematic synthetic phonics

Beyond LINUS - Fun With Sounds is our exciting new learn-to- read apps especially designed for the young readers and learners who are beginning to enjoy reading and learning. Built on the principles of systematic synthetic phonics, Beyond LINUS - Fun With Sounds takes advantage of interactive multimedia to make learning even more fun and stimulating.

This application can stand on its own as learning material. However, it is best put to use, as a complement to our Beyond LINUS activity books (Book 1 and Book 2) and multimedia-based learn-to-read programme, Phonics Fun. The contents in Beyond LINUS - Fun With Sounds apps, Beyond LINUS activity books and Phonics Fun are based on the phonics teaching guidelines drawn up by the U.K. Department for Education and meet the KSSR English requirements drawn up by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia.

Learn to read, Read to learn. Learning has never been so much fun!

15 phonics lessons, morphological and syllable-pattern lessons have been designed for

this app to guide young learners to acquire English subskills in a progressive, generative and constructive manner. These lessons are:

- Lesson 1: s, a, t, p

- Lesson 2: i, n, m, d

- Lesson 3: g, o, c, k

- Lesson 4: ck, e, u, r

- Lesson 5: h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss

- Lesson 6: j, v, w, x

- Lesson 7: y, z, zz, qu

- Topic 8: sh, ch, th, th, ng

- Topic 9: ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, oo

- Topic 10: ar, or, ur, ow, ow, oi

- Topic 11: ear, air, ure, ure, er

- Topic 12: ay, ou, ie, ea

- Topic 13: oy, ir, ue, aw

- Topic 14: wh, ph, ew, oe, au

- Topic 15: a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e

- Letter c and Letter g

- Homophones and Homonyms

- Syllable patterns

- Morphological words

Learning objectives:

At the end of the lessons, learners will be able to:

- differentiate the sounds in words: phonemic awareness

- read out letters by their names and sounds: letter-sound relationship

- apply phonics skills to read: decode words

- apply phonics skills to spell: segment words

- identify the 6 types of syllables in words

- analyse the structure of words and parts of words, such as root words, prefixes, and suffixes

Features:

• Easy-to-use, child-friendly interface

• Lessons taught in a systematic way, from simple to complex

• High quality audio

• Does not require Internet access once downloaded

• Based on KSSR English requirements

Note:

This app complements to our Beyond LINUS activity books, it is free of charge. However, if you wish to access to more interactive functions such as blending, segmenting and audio recording, please support us with a token of RM1.00 only. Your support helps us to explore further and change the learning experience of our future generation.

For multimedia contents for Phonics Fun, please visit

http://www.e-unik.com.my/product_details.asp?c=74 or

http://www.e-unik.com.my/online/phonics_fun.asp

If you have suggestions on how we can improve this application, please send us your feedback. We value your input. It can make a world of difference to the learning experience of other learners using this app.

E-mail us at: [email protected]