In Bulgarian, we have a simple and direct mapping between sounds and letters. “Phonics” is the way we are taught to read and write - although I don’t think we h

In Bulgarian, we have a simple and direct mapping between sounds and letters. “Phonics” is the way we are taught to read and write - although I don’t think we have a name for it, it is simply “the way to learn to read”. I don’t know about any other way to do it and the methods described in the article sound nonsensical to me. I remember how confused I was the first time I saw the concept of a spelling bee in a movie as a kid. If you know how a word is spelled, you can always correctly read and pronounce it.