Alphabetics
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Alphabetics is a noun meaning The study of the alphabet, the sounds associated with each letter, and the construction of written words.
Meaning
The study of the alphabet, the sounds associated with each letter, and the construction of written words.
More Meanings
- plural of alphabetic
- (dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
Example Sentences
We have worked out the essentials of teaching alphabetics in the remaining chapters in the book.
Almost all of the studies with results related to alphabetics were conducted with adult non-readers or beginning readers and none compared the effects of alphabetics instruction across reading levels.
Direct and explicit instruction in alphabetics involves systematically teaching students how to manipulate the sounds in words, develop their knowledge of letter-sound relationships, and apply this knowledge to reading words.
As the English race has sinned most in the matter of bad spelling and an incomplete alphabet, so it ought to take the lead in restoring the science of alphabetics to a form which shall be perfectly and completely phonographic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alphabetical, alphabetized, abecedarian, literation, alphabet, acrophony.
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