自然拼音法是目前国际上最推崇的英语教学方法,也是美国儿童语言启蒙所采用的方法。通过自然拼音的学习,可以让孩子建立起字母与发音之间的直觉音感,看到单词可以立即直觉反映出发音,同样,听到发音亦可直觉反映出单词拼写。

1. 二十六个字母的读音

其中五个元音字母(a, e, i, o, u)发两种音, 其中一个音是其字母本身的读音.

y有时会被作为元音处理

n 单音节词, y在末尾, y发”I”的音(one syllable, y at the end (pronounced as “I”)): my, why, fly, sky

n 多音节词, y在末尾, y发”E” 的音(two syllables, y at the end (pronounced as “E”)): daddy, mommy, baby

2. 单元音单词拼读 

如:Sam, cat, mat, 等等.

l Beginning Consonants

l Ending Consonants

l One Vowel Word, Short Vowel Sounds

3. 双元音单词拼读

一个单词里有两个元音时,前边一个元音发字母音, 后边一个元音不发音. 如: make, mail, may, hay, say, see, sea, five, tie, road, toe, cute等等.

4. 双/三辅音在一起时的联读

l Beginning consonant blends (bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, fr, pl, pr, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn,

sp, st, sw, tr, tw, scr, spl, str)

l Ending consonant blends (ft, lf, lm, lp, lt, mp, nd, nk, nt, pt, sk, st)

l Words ending in ll, ss, ff

l Consonant digraphs (ch, tch, sh, th, wh, shr, squ, thr)

5. 特殊读法- 固定读音的单词

the, a, is, to, have, are, hey, love 等.

6. 特殊读法– 带元音的特殊读法

n 一个音节如只有一个元音, 且以此元音结尾,这个元音发字母音 如:baby, me, hi, go, humor 等等

n air (hair), al, all (all, tall, mall, hall), alk (talk, walk), alt (halt, salt), ar (car, far), are (hare), au, augh (caught), aw (hawk)

n ew (new), eigh (eight, weight), ed (stopped, added)

n er (sister, brother), ir (girl, fir, firm), ur (burn, hurt), or(horn),

n ie (field), ing, ind (behind), ild (mild, wild), igh (high, night, might), ire

n oi (oil, boil), old (old, cold), olt, oo (book), oo (tool, school), or (or, horn),

ost (most, host), ou (could), ough (cough, through, ought, slough, plough),

ould (would, could), oy (boy), ought, , ous (famous),

ow (读音一:cow, now, how, bow; 读音二:bow, snow),

n ue (cruel), ui (fluid)

n tion (attention), sion (expression),

n ending sounds : ang, ong, ung, edge, le

7. 特殊读法– 辅音的特殊读法

n 有一些辅音不发音 

如:ghost, comb, lamb, write 等

n "c" 和 "k" 在一起时, 发一个音: quick, black等.

n "q" 总是和"u"在一起:quite, quick, quit, quilt等.

n "p"和 "h"在一起, 发"f"的音: phone, photo.

n 复数s及末尾s的读音

n c和g 的两种读音:

u 如果i(或y)或者 e 跟在c或者g的后边, c发”s”的音, g发”j”的音:

center, cigar, gem, giant, gym

u 其他情况下, c, g 发其字母音: can, clap, cup, great, glad.

8. 多音节单词和复合词

n 多音节单词: believe, multiple, syllable, compound

n 复合词: homework, highway