BEGINNER LEVEL 2 -PHONICS

Helping young learners to improve on their phonics and pronunciation is an important and essential part of being an ESL teacher.

A Chinese student practicing words that start with the consonant digraph “sh”

On this level of the program, we focus on phonics and pronunciation. We introduce consonant and vowel digraphs (2 letters that make one sound like ch), trigraphs (3 letters that make one sound like igh) and frigatives (the correct articulation of sounds). We also teach words that start and end with digraphs (like cheese and beach) and words that have trigraphs (like high, and light).

We introduce the 5 vowels and how to use “a” and “an” with words starting with or without a vowel. We also introduce the 3 main parts of speech (nouns, verbs and adjectives).

Practice when to use “a” or “an”

Vowels are a crucial part of the English language. Without vowels we cannot make words. Every young English language learner must learn the 5 vowels and the short and long vowel sounds.

Learning words with the short /a/ sound.

Knowing the vowels and the sounds they make, will help immensely when learning to read and write.

Learners learn words that start with both the short /a/ and long /ei/ sounds.

Learners are taught to read short, easy picture sentences using sight words and the new words they have learnt.

After successfully completing Beginner Level 2, the young learner is now ready to start Beginner Level 3.

Below are a few screen shots to show how the lessons on Beginner Level 2 are presented and a complete list of all the lessons on this level.

Vowel and Consonants

Short and Long Vowel Sounds

Vowel Digraphs

Part of Speech – Noun

Part of Speech – Adjective

Part of Speech – Verb

Reading Exercises

Games to practice

Related Songs

List of lessons on Beginner Level 2 – Phonics

  • Beginner Level 2 – Lesson 1 – Digraph ch
  • Beginner Level 2 – Lesson 2- Digraph ch
  • Beginner Level 2 – Lesson 3 – Digraph th
  • Beginner Level 2 – Lesson 4 – Digraph ng & nk
  • Beginner Level 2 – Lesson 5 – The Vowel Family
  • Beginner Level 2 – Lesson 6 – The long vowel Aa
  • Beginner Level 2 – Lesson 7 – The long vowel Ee
  • Beginner Level 2 – Lesson 8 – The long vowel I i
  • Beginner Level 2 – Lesson 9 – The long vowel O o
  • Beginner Level 2 – Lesson 10 – The long vowel U u
  • Beginner Level 2-Lesson 11-Vowel Digraphs
  • Beginner Level 2 – Lesson 12 – Short & Long oo
  • Beginner Level 2-Lesson 13-My body(nouns)
  • Beginner Level 2-Lesson 14-Move my body(verbs)
  • Beginner Level 2-Lesson 15-This is me(adjectives)

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Beginner Level 2

Introducing the vowel family

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