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Grace Vilar is an independent Synthetic Phonics Trainer, training for Jolly Phonics and Phonics International. She is also an experienced Bilingual Literacy and Educational Consultant, member of the IFERI: International Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction and author of the Spanish Programme for Phonics International to teach children to read and write in spanish as a L2 or L1.
This website was created to share the teaching experience and successful results she is having with the implementation of the Jolly Phonics programme and Phonics International and Floppy´s Phonics in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Brazil and Mexico.
As an expert on the field of Literacy in the bilingual context, Grace gives training on How to teach to read and write in English and in Spanish using the Synthetic Phonics approach. As the author of the Spanish Programme for Phonics International, she trains the teachers who are in charge of delivering the spanish curriculum on "El codigo Alfabetico Español y las habilidades de lectura y escritura: Fonetica y ortografia sintetica". She also trains on Classroom Management, Cooperative Learning and group work, Reading and writing strategies. As an expert on Bilingual Schools she gives advice to schools on how to build an effective bilingual curriculum catering the needs of the school. All of her trainings are very dynamic, practical and personal.
"Grace has introduced me to the wonderful world of Jolly Phonics. She has been able to simplify it for me, guide me, correct me and motivate me. It has had a powerful effect on my teaching techniques and my beliefs as a teacher. A clean slate in my 22 years as a teacher of English, I am now able to fully enjoy the process of teaching reading and writing from scratch. Creative, positive, joyful, honest and resourceful, Grace Vilar has the tools to help you understand Jolly Phonics and put them into practise. I highly recommend her!" Ximena Faralla, teacher, Argentina.
Jolly Phonics is a thorough foundation for reading and writing. It uses the synthetic phonics method of teaching the letter sounds in a way that is fun and multi-sensory. Children learn how to use the letter sounds and write words.
Phonics International is a Debbie Hepplewhite´s International Online Synthetic Phonics Programme for all ages, mainstream and intervention. http://www.phonicsinternational.com/.
Phonics education technique shown to have positive impact on literacyNew study is a vindication of the technique which teaches children to read using phonetic sounds rather than letters
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/16/phonics-children-education-research
This website was created to share the teaching experience and successful results she is having with the implementation of the Jolly Phonics programme and Phonics International and Floppy´s Phonics in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Brazil and Mexico.
As an expert on the field of Literacy in the bilingual context, Grace gives training on How to teach to read and write in English and in Spanish using the Synthetic Phonics approach. As the author of the Spanish Programme for Phonics International, she trains the teachers who are in charge of delivering the spanish curriculum on "El codigo Alfabetico Español y las habilidades de lectura y escritura: Fonetica y ortografia sintetica". She also trains on Classroom Management, Cooperative Learning and group work, Reading and writing strategies. As an expert on Bilingual Schools she gives advice to schools on how to build an effective bilingual curriculum catering the needs of the school. All of her trainings are very dynamic, practical and personal.
"Grace has introduced me to the wonderful world of Jolly Phonics. She has been able to simplify it for me, guide me, correct me and motivate me. It has had a powerful effect on my teaching techniques and my beliefs as a teacher. A clean slate in my 22 years as a teacher of English, I am now able to fully enjoy the process of teaching reading and writing from scratch. Creative, positive, joyful, honest and resourceful, Grace Vilar has the tools to help you understand Jolly Phonics and put them into practise. I highly recommend her!" Ximena Faralla, teacher, Argentina.
Jolly Phonics is a thorough foundation for reading and writing. It uses the synthetic phonics method of teaching the letter sounds in a way that is fun and multi-sensory. Children learn how to use the letter sounds and write words.
Phonics International is a Debbie Hepplewhite´s International Online Synthetic Phonics Programme for all ages, mainstream and intervention. http://www.phonicsinternational.com/.
Phonics education technique shown to have positive impact on literacyNew study is a vindication of the technique which teaches children to read using phonetic sounds rather than letters
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/16/phonics-children-education-research
Grace Vilar is a graduated English teacher who has over 30 years of classroom experience. She was Head of Primary at Colegio San Antonio, a bilingual school in San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires till December 2011. Before that she worked as an English teacher and coordinator at Colegio Manuel Belgrano and Sworn Junior College till she was promoted as a Headmistress of Sworn College in Moreno where she built up the foundation of the new bilingual school of that area.
She now works as a full time Educational and Literacy Consultant offering advice and training to schools and teachers. She is a Synthetic Phonics independent trainer providing training in Jolly Phonics, and Phonics International specially in Latin America in bilingual contexts. She is the author of the Spanish Programme for Phonics International: Programa de Alfabetizacion en Español fonetico ortografico sintetico para PI, She then provides training in synthetic phonics in Spanish. She is member of the committee of IFERI, International Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction. In 2006 she visited England invited by the Inspector of British Schools and Chairman of the English Speaking Union in Oxford, Geoffrey Goodall. She spent a month in Oxford where she visited several schools and worked at Rye St Antony School, where she observed lessons and helped deliver the curriculum. In the schools in Oxford, she gained experience in the best and latest teaching of reading and writing, through synthetic phonics, and learnt about Jolly Phonics. Once in Argentina she implemented Jolly Phonics at her school training the whole school staff. As a result of the excellent results obtained with the implementation of the programme, she was offered to be a Jolly Phonics professional trainer. |
In 2008 she was invited to visit the Jolly Phonics offices in Chigwell, UK where she gained more experience in the field. She also spent a month in Oxford where she visited schools and worked at Rye St Antony again improving her teaching practice and learning about the delivery of the UK national curriculum. And in 2010 she visited Debbie Hepplewhite creator of Phonics International, she was personally trained by Debbie who offered her to be a trainer of her programme.
In April 2011 she attended the OUP (Oxford University Press) and PI (Phonics International) training course: Focused Synthetic Phonics Teaching and its integration with the wider Curriculum. After attending such course she gives Phonics training for Floppy´s Phonics. She now goes to the UK in a regular basis. There she visits several schools to gain more experience in Education and Literacy and gets training and guidance from experts in Education Grace is now giving training around Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico and Brazil sharing her experience, offering advice and explaining her tried and tested strategies. |
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Some lovely comments from a very proud granny who is teaching her grandaughter!
Her name is Mada Cristina Occhi from Argentina. She attended one of my trainings in Buenos Aires and she sent me this email:
"Hola Grace, estuve en el curso que diste en Essarp el 19-2-2014. Soy la abuela que se ha animado a comenzar con Phonics.
Quiero agradecerte lo muy mucho que disfruto usar este método, pero sobre todo lo mucho que nos diste ese día.
Me decidí por Phonics International, cuestión de tiempo y $. Pero lo fundamental para mí fue tu clase magistral. Cada día más me doy cuenta de los mil tips que me abrieron los ojos en lo cotidiano.
Mi nieta rechocha con las canciones y actions, al extremos de pedirme ella hacer las actions para que yo adivine lo que está diciendo.Y hacer comentarios como "Viste abu, que la a no va al final?"
Ya está escribiendo dictado y leyendo decodable books.
Además inglés le está ayudando un montón con su cursiva. (7 añitos, 2 grado)
Bueno, quería compartir con vos los primeros y exitosos resultados de "tu" phonics.
Un abrazo y dos besos. Mada (Cristina Occhi)"
Her name is Mada Cristina Occhi from Argentina. She attended one of my trainings in Buenos Aires and she sent me this email:
"Hola Grace, estuve en el curso que diste en Essarp el 19-2-2014. Soy la abuela que se ha animado a comenzar con Phonics.
Quiero agradecerte lo muy mucho que disfruto usar este método, pero sobre todo lo mucho que nos diste ese día.
Me decidí por Phonics International, cuestión de tiempo y $. Pero lo fundamental para mí fue tu clase magistral. Cada día más me doy cuenta de los mil tips que me abrieron los ojos en lo cotidiano.
Mi nieta rechocha con las canciones y actions, al extremos de pedirme ella hacer las actions para que yo adivine lo que está diciendo.Y hacer comentarios como "Viste abu, que la a no va al final?"
Ya está escribiendo dictado y leyendo decodable books.
Además inglés le está ayudando un montón con su cursiva. (7 añitos, 2 grado)
Bueno, quería compartir con vos los primeros y exitosos resultados de "tu" phonics.
Un abrazo y dos besos. Mada (Cristina Occhi)"
