Phonics

I've never heard about "phonics" before unitil the end of senior in university. I remembered knowing it very little and didn't understand what the professor talking about in classes. Then, I engaged it again when I worked as assistant teacher at Kid Castle institution. I perceived little concept by the students while coming to recite the articles or pronunce the vocabulary, such as ie, ee, dr, etc.

I only was taught "KK" phonetic symbol from the beginning of learning English in junior high school. I have no idea when started teachers to teach "phonics" of children English in Taiwan. The people whose age are similar to me have the same problem with me that don't know how to aid thier kids or the leaners who are younger much than them.