IELTS Reading: paragraph headings

Read the following paragraph and choose the best heading.

‘Phonics’ refers to a method for teaching speakers of English to read and write that language. Young learners are taught to associate the sounds of spoken English with letters or groups of letters. For example, they might be taught that the sound /k/ can be represented by the spellings c, k, ck, ch, or q. Using phonics, the teacher shows the learners how to blend the sounds of letters together to produce approximate pronunciations of unknown words. Phonics is a widely used method of teaching children to read and decode words. Children begin learning to read using phonics usually around the age of 5 or 6.

A) A new method for language learning
B) How phonics benefits children in the UK
C) Children learn to link sounds with spellings
D) Children learn the rules of spelling

Comments

[iOS]

A

[HAKader]

C = Children learn to link sounds with spellings = Young learners ... associate the sounds

....blend the sounds of letters together to produce approximate pronunciations

[Lily]

C

[Anna]

c

[simon]

C

[Hoang]

A

[MOON]

A

[sravani]

a

[ilya]

I think that A) is wrong since the method is not new because it is "a widely used method of teaching children".

B) is also doesn't fit as long as there's nothing about the UK in the passage but about English speakers who may as well be Americans.

I believe that D) isn't a correct answer either because, as far as I understood, the method is more about recognising patterns rather than studying rules.

So the sole answer that's left is C).

[Husanpreet]

C

[hide]

C

[Yoones]

C

[Raju]

C

[Raju]

There is no reference of any new methods so A can not be the Answer.

[Mun]

the answer is C

[AZ]

C

[Brymo]

Answer is C,

Please for those the choose A, how did you come about it.
Plz help clarify. I'm

[sandeep gurung]

a

[Ameet]

C

Young learners are taught to associate the sounds of spoken English with letters or groups of letters.

[Nadezda]

C

[kami]

C

[Huong]

C

[Martino Hoang]

My answer is C.

[Duha]

C

[Ha Le]

C

[Man]

The essential message that the text is trying to give us is how the spellings and sounds are connected.

Therefore, the answer should be C

[shawn]

C

[rachel]

C

[kim ngân]

A

[Nan]

C

[Tinh]

C

[Ni]

The answer is C.
In my opinion, A is not right beacause it's not "NEW METHOD" as it is widely used.

[Oley]

The first sentence is talking about phonics is a method to teach,and the second sentence is explaining more about it,hence my answer is C .

[Oley]

By the way, is it the fact that British children learn to use phonics at 5 or 6 years old? I always start my day by learning phonics with new words, so I am on the right path then.Thank you for the article above.

[Tam Le]

C

[Ahmed]

A

[Mahmoud ElDeeb]

C

[Diana]

C

I agree with Ni and Raju. It cannot be A, because it doesn´t state in the text that it is a new method for learning language.

[Chandra]

I would definitely go for C

[Simon]

CORRECT ANSWER FROM SIMON:

C

"Associate sounds with letters" means the same as "link sounds with spellings".

[Priya Sunar]

C

[Shiblu Miah]

C

[vicky bhandari]

c

[hoahong]

c

[Vahid.khmc]

C

[Cindy]

C

[Rayee]

C

[Vinh]

C

[sam Jam]

C

[Spring]

I think c is more reasonable. As for a, the adjective “ new “ cannot be explained in the paragraph. It seems that using “ new” just stands out.

[Amber]

C

[Cd]

C

[yazeed]

dear Simon,

recently I watched the video series regarding the ILETS reading. you mentioned a few tips for each specific type of question.one of the tips about the paragraph heading question was to answer this type of question last.however,i tried to do some Cambridge exams, and i attempted to solve the short answer questions,which took so much time to answer, and i found that the first's and the second's questions answers were 5 paragraphs apart...do you think it is still an effective strategy to go through the questions one by one and find the answer?

thank you for the blog and the all the tips you are giving!

[Simon]

Hi Yazeed,

I think you need to try that 'technique' more than once before you can decide whether it works for you. I've used it many times, and I would say that it almost always works well.

[Yurosia]

answer is c

[Tam Le]

My best answer is C

[Alice]

C

[Hadier shafieq]

C

[Minh Phuong]

C

[yuliyayang]

C

[Safinaz]

C

[Sherin]

C

[KANDEL]

C

[Eric]

C

[SAMUEL BOAKYE]

C

[Lovepreet singh jandu]

C

[Dylan]

C

[Onur B]

C

[Sue]

The answer is C.