Phonics is used in parts of the US.
“Phonics is used in parts of the US.”
Pacific Ocean
I hope you see the limitation of phonics. The letter “c” in Pacific Ocean has to be pronounced three different ways.
Phonics is a useful tool to connect what young children have heard with what they have read. It is also helpful to learn to pronounce words not currently in a child’s vocabulary.
In Arabic, the short vowels are not normally written. An Arab child has to learn letter patterns and possible words that go with each pattern.
In Russian, letter patterns initially ignoring prefixes are sought out.
This is awful! We must ban this immediately, lest they be able to read!