Editing Phonics (section)

=== Ireland ===

The school curriculum in [[Ireland]] focuses on ensuring children are literate in both the [[English language]] and the [[Irish language]]. In 2011, the [[Department of Education (Ireland)]] developed a national strategy to improve literacy and numeracy.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.education.ie/en/publications/education-reports/pub_ed_interim_review_literacy_numeracy_2011_2020.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.education.ie/en/publications/education-reports/pub_ed_interim_review_literacy_numeracy_2011_2020.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title= Literacy and Numeracy Strategy (2011–2020): Interim Review 2011–2016; New Targets 2017–2020|date=14 August 2019 }}</ref>
The 2014 teachers' Professional Development guide<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pdst.ie/sites/default/files/15.%20The%20Reading%20Process%20(1).pdf |title=PDST, The Reading Process, A Guide to the Teaching and Learning of Reading, Dublin, 2014}}</ref> covers the seven areas of attitude and motivation, fluency, comprehension, word identification, vocabulary, phonological awareness, phonics, and assessment. It recommends that phonics be taught in a systematic and structured way and is preceded by training in phonological awareness.

In 2016, amongst 50 countries, Ireland achieved the 4th highest score in Reading Literacy for students in their fourth year of school according to the [[Progress in International Reading Literacy Study]] (PIRLS).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/pirls2016/international-results/wp-content/uploads/structure/PIRLS/3.-achievement-in-purposes-and-comprehension-processes/3_1_achievement-in-reading-purposes.pdf|title= Exhibit 3.1: Achievement in Reading Purposes, PIRLS 2016}}</ref>

The [[Programme for International Student Assessment]] (PISA) for 2018 showed Ireland's 15-year-old students were significantly above average in reading, science and mathematics.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oecd.org/pisa/|title= PISA is the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment, 2018}}</ref>

The 2019 Primary Language Curriculum specifies that reading outcomes must include phonics, [[phonological awareness]], and [[phonemic awareness]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://curriculumonline.ie/getmedia/2a6e5f79-6f29-4d68-b850-379510805656/PLC-Document_English.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://curriculumonline.ie/getmedia/2a6e5f79-6f29-4d68-b850-379510805656/PLC-Document_English.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title= The Primary Language Curriculum, Department of Education and Skills, 2019}}</ref>