Phonics Alphabet ABC Song

[roygbiv330]

two questions just come to my mind. do they learn these phonics in school during therere 6-8 year-old? do they really speak the 'y' s, when they talk them? the 'y' sound has almost the same an 'i-e' sound, though i understand that the 'y' is a consonant and the 'i-e' are short vowels.

[GenkiJapanNet]

@roygbiv330 Hello, yes, most countries now do start with phonics in the first grade. The "sky" version of "y" is what's called an "alternative reading" you (usually) learn these after the first sounds.

This song is just a review of the basic sounds, mainly to get away from the "Ay, Bee, See" names, but you can find all the sounds and letters on the website!

[groterichard]

sounds the same in my country xd

[love20628]

We really enjoy your program! Keep going. 

[havefunteaching]

Great video for teaching and learning phonics, the alphabet and letter sounds!

[gorgeousgurinda]

hhhhhhh you sound funny

[deogrou]

Lol, I'm Dutch and we also said these letters like that in the beginning (: I didn't knew they had that in English too :P

[TheBeautifulkids]

my daughter is 2 and she is reading after witching this video for six months. She comprehends the sound of certain letters now, and anything she can't pronounce she just asks me.

[GenkiJapanNet]

@TheBeautifulkids Excellent, that's great to hear! Tell her a very big "well done" from me and well done to you too!

[KyleCom]

wow, this is Richards most viewed video!!

I have to admit this put a smile on my face, but he really does have other amazing videos that are completely different! Especially the videos where he's in Japan showing cool things and speaking Nihongo ;)

more the 2.5 million views!

well done Richard!

[TheNightsDarkness05]

i love the x and the zzzz

[Zaimah1]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aay to fast! Not a fan of this song at all.

[GenkiJapanNet]

@Zaimah1 The slower version is on the CD, this is the version we use to review at the end. The kids get it no problem though!

[sarahas1991]

hahahahaha that's too cute

[HigherAffiliations]

hmm.... about learning to read quicker by teaching phonetics first, what about the two sounds of some of the letters? that is, the hard sounds and the soft sounds, where C is See and Ke. With this in mind, isn't it better to teach the orthodox way so students can be made aware of both sounds of some of the letters? Just a thought. Interested in hearing your own thoughts/ideas on the matter. Keep up the good work though. Making learning fun is the best way to teach.

[GenkiJapanNet]

@HigherAffiliations You do these afterwards along with sh, ch, th etc. But even without them you can still read approx 80% of English, which is much better than "Ay, bee, see" as there they can't actually read anything.

Using the song kids can get the sounds pretty easily, but the real skill, and the hard one, is learning to blend the sounds together, which you have to use other techniques like we discuss on the site.

[guysmileyiv]

The 'Y & Z' part is my favorite.

[krmn30]

buenisimoooooooooooooooooo

[krystillion]

wow this is so funky!! i love it

[MultiFonik]

cool

[laurenxmgxd]

the 'l m n' part is definitely my favorite

[Scoinsoffaterocks]

? Well that covers their sounds but it's way more complicated than that. Also, we didn't learn their names. What happened to the ABC song. Ai Bee, Cee, Dee, Ea, Ef, Gee... Now I know my ABCs

[GenkiJapanNet]

Learning the Ay Bee Sees before learning phonics really slows done the speed at which you can learn to read.  The letter names come in later when you need to do non-phonetic spelling.

[hjwylde]

@GenkiJapanNet i agree with genki. there are plenty of abc songs on the market and available everywhere. but these do not teach kids to read. and yes, it is way more complicated than that, this is called a starting point. i wouldnt display this video for students doing a bachelor in literature, but i would, and will, show it to my kindy kids who i am teaching in Thailand, you bell end.

[menocoolwhy]

lol

[dinkyfication]

This is a very good Job Man! I enjoy it a lot! In Canada I learnt how important to teach phonics is!!

[HookedOnPhonicsTV]

Good to see people using phonics to learn English.

[debelg123]

its wrong it is dubelyou instead of w

[GenkiJapanNet]

No "Double You" is the letter name, which is what you learn in the traditional abc song. Here we have the sound it makes, which is what helps children to read much faster.

[mysticsins5]

this is a smart idea! i like it. :D

[trulytito]

Nice video.

:)

Regards.

Tito Dutta.

[LivingInRedDarkness]

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzäöü germany ^^

[gjuny]

aáàbcçdeéfghiíjklmnoópqrstuúvw­xyz portuguese

[Scoinsoffaterocks]

Uh.. áàçéíóú aren't letters

They're the varients of letters like in Spanish.

Our a ABC is abcdefghijklmnñopqrstuvwxyz and variants are á,é,í,ó, & ú

[rphinks]

after viewing this vid I'd have to say that english has to be one of the hardest languages to learn. But I knew that already. The names of the letters don't really help you all that well with the pronunciation

[GenkiJapanNet]

"The names of the letters don't really help you all that well with the pronunciation"

Totally agree. But if you teach the sounds the letters make first it actually makes learning to read English really easy!

[cheerfalken]

I`ve been learning English, Portugese, French, and some Italian, for a while now. Believe me. English is the easiest one.

[wh173thad]

portuguese is my first language, and i´ve mastered a few others, amongst them, i have to agree that english is indeed by far the easiest.

[TheColorfulSky]

@rphinks Yeah, I agree with you. Especially the name of "H" ("aitch") doesn't give you a single clue about that the letter should be pronounced like a breath.

[Marcus91Swe]

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzåäö!­ Sweden:D

[6Chizz9]

same for Finland

[123kawaiigirl123]

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzæøå norsk ^^

[megahexor]

ABCČDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSŠTUVZŽ :) slovenian

[Jjenniie]

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzåäö :D sweden

[nordicberserk]

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzæøå

Norway

[HardcoreTriplex]

should make this for katakana and hiragana!

[GenkiJapanNet]

They're on the channel, and the Genki Japan website!

[piaka56]

.. Å Ä Ö!! :D

[GenkiJapanNet]

Yeah, we sadly don't have as many letters as Sweden!

[miltssu]

Umm.. Finland has those letters too if u didn't know :)

[FrkFnuggi]

And Denmark as well :)

Though they're a little different : æ ø å

[Waddledoo7510]

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

[dungxosh]

great job we really liked it five *****

[Gussnstell]

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

[yocool77]

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

[Ochsenburg]

I think the faster version would be better

[batatakley]

THis is the way we roll!

Only sounds and the letter that correspond graphically to them!

And we focus only into that!

We use finger spelling in ASL as a sign to the sound of each letter.

Richard!! We need an ABC sounds in a different rithym so, we can do the sounds and the sign along!

Pretty please!

A song that I could repeat 3 times each letter sound and its sign.

IF u do the song..i will make a video of that version!!!!!

[fgsasah]

awesomeness

[thoombath]

abc

deftg

[Ochsenburg]

just great ... widen it ... five *****

[aurevoircaro]

i think you can learn a lot from this song.

it's just amazing how interesting a song can be!

thank you, phonics alphabet song

I'M SO SHOCKING!

[ydieh13]

abcd

[PaleSecrecy]

My son loves this! especially the bee that comes out in 0:50 lol! great job

[rosefelagito]

hahahahahaha

its very funny!!!!!!!!!

[RSMVcam]

rofl this is the best so far :D

[MissySweetartz]

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

[beautyis30]

i understand but listening to the song made my head hurt. but i do understand your point

[GenkiJapanNet]

Yeah, if it's new it can be pretty tough!

But it's certainly worth the effort!

[crazygirl5201314]

love this so much, too good, still learning

[abcwritestartread]

This has a catchy rhythm which I'm sure appeals to kids. It's a well-known fact that the brain enjoys and adheres to rhythm and rhyme. The visual is also important - I'm assuming the teachers put this to some kind of movement. It certainly lends itself to that as well. Getting the body fully involved in the learning process is especially important in reading education. Teachers need to being to apply the brain research into their chosen methodologies.

[GenkiJapanNet]

Totally.

I should get some of the dances that teachers do uploaded, they come up with some crazy stuff!

[huyohoy]

great phonics drill of the alphabet!

[tashanaxxkl]

siiik i luv it!!! so awsome

[GenkiJapanNet]

For those of you thinking "ergh, what are these sounds?" then have a read of the info box top right. I guess if you haven't grown up with phonics it could sound a little strange, but just keep with it because it really makes a huge difference to how quickly kids learn to read!

[GenkiJapanNet]

Other people have also mentioned about the speed. One of our mottoes is "Not tested on animals - tested on kids". We did different versions and this was the most popular with the kids! We have slower versions, including one on CD7, but the kids tend to get bored with those and prefer the fast ones!

It's not designed as a first introduction to phonics, it's designed as a review after you've done a bit of Jolly Phonics or whatever method you use.

+ thanks to everyone for all the great comments!

[HvnsRose]

This is reallly good, thank you!

[craftynut25]

lol I couldn't help but laugh. My one year old loves it.

[raznie6781]

my son is learning phonics in kindergarten and i need to revise with him at home. but i have no idea how. can anyone tell me how in the easiest way? thank you.

[GenkiJapanNet]

Have a look at the games on the "Genki Phonics" website, they're very popular with the kids.

Or you could try some alphabet cards, just spread them on the floor shout out a word and see who is the first to pick up the card that has the sound that starts the word.

The trick is to only use the sounds and not the letter names, but it's quite easy once you get the hand of it!

[naokunn2013]

Wow,very good.

I like it.

[fairygarlz89]

I like it

thats so cool

[littlechollo]

That is awesome. I'm listening to it again!!!

[disneyandtennis]

Rock it

[abhiradi]

WoW!  I love it.

[HardyGirl31]

It's allmost the same with the romanian alphabet.

[tgdayana]

im in love with this voice lol!

[Thordia]

My professor played this video in the lecture hall, all students couldn't help laughing

LOL

a very very intersting video!!!!

[b3b3gurl]

sounds like the french ABCs my french teacher taught us once. XDD

[Suzette007]

my 7 month old goes absolutely bizerk when she hears this--love it!

[lowmank79]

that is the coolest thing ever!

[Xgloomshadow]

ahahahaha ROFL

it sounds funny in non caps

[PanicingDisco]

ROFL ROFL ROFL!

[aric12388]

lol, i love it

[JustinSmall88]

lol

[boboko34]

nice..lol

[eurydice0]

Thanks~It's very interesting~

[ericyan03]

おもろいｗ

[PpsychoJOhnny]

lol nice

[XxPinkChaoxX]

lol

[coolgosh]

lol thats funny lolz

[evilredlight]

don't forget as well there are actually 24 consonant sounds and 14 vowel sounds in the english language. Thiis only covers the short vowels and single consonants. add in long vowels and dipthongs and blends and you are covered.

[bilaaaacoo]

a nice things for kids

[Xtremepanther]

loooooooooool this sooo cracked me up!!!

[satisati111]

日本の英語教育でもこれを教えればいいんだよな。

英語の発音の基礎がよくわかりました。

[weeble123]

HAHAHA the bee on zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz lulz

[haylele]

lol :p

[sarahkm2]

Not sure this would work for kids who are not left brained learners (ie kids who love symbols, can learn long sequences of itty bitty details. Same old thing, however, I do like the fact that the SOUNDS are being taught not the letter names. What is best for the 2/3 of kids who are right brained learners is to embed a visual into the symbol so they can SEE something representing the sound (ex, C stylized to be a cave, T a table, etc) for more examples, see child-1st(dot)com.

[yocool77]

i love this song and it is os cool!!!!!!!!!!!!

[komradical]

Oh my! what would the THRASS people say! or for the matter the Jolly Phonics brigade!

Absolutely Priceless!

[Youngman055]

ahahhhahahahah hahahahahah hahahhhaha hahahhahahahah hahahhahaha hahahahhah

[EdwardTheHauntedBoy]

THis is so cute.

[ie9rws]

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooool

[cowsrock99]

LMNNNNNNNNH

[oXoItachiUchihaOxO]

D< KAWAII KAWAII!!! :'D I SAID IT TWICE

[Cionlyn]

hahaha..funny abukaduefugaha..lols

[o0SpiderKat0o]

lol it's funny but cool!

[Amnie027]

this is cute you know..lol

[anime2192]

:S woahhhhh

I am australian so i speak english...and not other language but i'm trying to learn japanese

now when u soudn out the english letters it make them seem so much harder then they actually are lol

i was like woahhhh

[EastTNChick]

Oh my... I've been watching your Japan videos and thinking how hard Japanese is - but THIS video made me realize how overwhelming English sounds must be too. Now I feel more motived to learn Japanaese because (as you say on your website) its "just" a foreign language. Good job ;)

[Thesmitster]

Yeah, watching this made me realise how difficult some English sounds can be.

Even me being English, I find it abit difficult to sound all those phonics, but its how kids learn the alphabet...

[byakuyagirly]

omg!!! that was lik so wierd but lik, so awesome at the same time!!

[punxz18]

aw im feeling like im going back to my childhood just to learn ahaha

[BaByBlueGirl13]

is this for people who want to learn english???

(sorry if this is a stupid question)

[Oblivimark]

LOL.

[pookiehohn]

Ah buh cuh duh eh fii guh hu ii juh kuh ull um un o puh quh uru so tu ur su tuh uh vuh wuh xs yun zzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHEEE sing along People.

[tinyke3]

Genki English ?

No Japanese ? D:

[livinghappyisachoice]

Lol, awesome pronuciation of the english alphabet...

I think it would help if they went a little bit slower but oh well

Genkjapan has multiple videos that teach different languages. I think they teach Japanese as well as German and English(that is their second language over there, like how Spanish is the second language or the language that is mainly taught in schools throughout the US).