1 Portuguese are generally known as explorers, thanks to Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator, Bartolomeu Dias, Pedro Alvares Cabral and FernÃ£o de MagalhÃ£es, among others.  References to their wine (âportoâ), Fado music or sardines are also typical, as are their beaches.
Children use these phonograms to learn about âword familiesâ for example cake, make, bake, fake. Embedded phonics-an approach to the teaching of reading in which phonics forms one part of a whole language programme.
1 Check that they know how to blend two sounds together to make a word. Use a list of nonsense words for this task. (See âPractice Reading and Speakingâ Module nine.)  As you begin to teach reading to adults, teach phonics systematically in order of difficulty.