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. 


The first session commences on 2nd January 2023.

The second session commences on 20th February 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.

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.


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 an overview of the science of reading multi-disciplinary field of research, an introduction to the seven language systems, and a complete teaching program for English phonological awareness and systematic and explicit phonics instruction.

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

The course runs for 9 weeks. Each week participants will watch a pre-recorded video lecture with slides, and participate in Zoom tutorials.  To pass the course and receive a certificate participants must submit every assignment and meet the pass grade requirements for each assignment.


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 an overview of the science of reading multi-disciplinary field of research, an introduction to the seven language systems, and a complete teaching program for English phonological awareness and systematic and explicit phonics instruction.

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

The course runs for 9 weeks. Each week participants will watch a pre-recorded video lecture with slides, and participate in Zoom tutorials.  To pass the course and receive a certificate participants must submit every assignment and meet the pass grade requirements for each assignment.