jaffna phonics

The University of Jaffna in partnership with Partners in Micro-development Inc. (PIMD - www.microdevpartners.org ) is pleased to announce the launch of the first in a series of short courses for primary and junior secondary English teachers in teaching English literacy (reading and writing).

This first course in the program – Teaching Phonological Awareness and Phonics -  provides teachers with a theory- based understanding of language acquisition by young children, an introduction to the seven language systems, and a complete teaching program for English phonological awareness and systematic phonics.

This program can be implemented alongside the Government English syllabi for primary grades and lower secondary.

The course runs for 8 weeks. Each week participants will watch a pre-recorded video lecture with slides and submit a homework assignment. Every two weeks there will be a live Zoom tutorial session where you can ask questions. 


Batch 1

The first session commences on 2nd January 2023.

Batch 2

The second session commences on 20th February 2023.

Teaching Phonological Awareness and Phonics for English in Schools July-August 2023

The University of Jaffna in partnership with Partners in Micro-development Inc. (PIMD - www.microdevpartners.org ) is pleased to announce the launch of the first in a series of short courses for primary and junior secondary English teachers in teaching English literacy (reading and writing).

This first course in the program – Teaching Phonological Awareness and Phonics for English in Schools -  provides teachers with a theory- based understanding of language acquisition by young children, an introduction to the seven language systems, and a complete teaching program for English phonological awareness and systematic phonics.

This program can be implemented alongside the Government English syllabi for primary grades and lower secondary.

The course runs for 8 weeks. Each week participants will watch a pre-recorded video lecture with slides and submit a homework assignment. Each week there will also be a live Zoom tutorial session where you can ask questions.

Teaching Phonological Awareness and Phonics for English in Schools Nov-Jan 2023

The University of Jaffna in partnership with Partners in Micro-development Inc. (PIMD - www.microdevpartners.org ) offers a series of four short courses for primary and junior secondary English teachers in teaching English literacy (reading and writing).

This first course in the curriculum – Teaching Phonological Awareness and Phonics for English in Schools -  provides teachers with a theory- based understanding of language acquisition by young children, an introduction to the seven language systems, and a complete teaching program for English phonological awareness and systematic phonics.

This program can be implemented alongside the Government English syllabi for primary grades and lower secondary.

The course runs for 8 weeks. Each week participants will watch a pre-recorded video lecture with slides and submit a homework assignment. Each week there will also be a live Zoom tutorial session or face-to-face tutorial at the University where you can ask questions.