"Wha did tha say?" Regional Accents and Phonics

Do you say ‘scone’ or ‘scone’? In English, we have one (correct) way to spell words. And yet, if you travel from North to South, from England to Wales or even from city to city, you might hear many different ways to pronounce everyday words. How does this affect our ability to read, write and spell correctly? In this TeachMeet, we’ll discuss how accents and dialects affect our approach and attitude toward synthetic phonics.

This session is suitable for practitioners using a range of phonics programmes.