Conversely, with incidental phonics instruction, the teacher does not follow a planned sequence of phonics elements to guide instructional but highlights particular elements opportunistically when they appear in text. Yes, there are. Explicit means that rules, reasons, consistencies and inconsistencies are taught so that the language will make sense to the learner. Analytic Phonics Teaching students to analyze letter-sound relations in previously learned words to avoid pronouncing sounds in isolation. Embedded Phonics Teaching students phonics skills by embedding phonics instruction in text reading, a more implicit approach that relies to some extent on incidental learning.
Children have different learning styles and learning strengths.
When only one system of teaching reading is used, some children are left out of the learning loop. While some students can learn the code without direct instruction, many others need to be taught the sound-symbol connections, how to blend sounds to make words and how to segment words into sounds to spell them. Systems that teach the code are called code-emphasis or phonic reading systems. Most elementary school children in the U.S. are instructed using a whole language or literature based program. It works well for about half of the population but the other half needs something else.