This practical self-study guide provides a strong foundation for phonemic awareness, phonics, and word analysis so future teachers and in-service teachers can update their knowledge, prepare for teacher certification or study for competency tests. Students are able to go through the text on their own and master the concepts and terminology of word analysis and then demonstrate their knowledge by passing a short test on its contents. It is available either as a spiral-bound book or as a website. The passcode protected website, which is an online tutorial, serves as a self-study guide for future teachers and in-service teachers who want to inform or refresh their phonics background knowledge. Users are able to get to this website at http://www.prenhall.com/leukinzer and, following the tutorial prompts, master the concepts and terminology of phonics instruction. Self-checks and posttests allow users to assess their own success with the tutorial contents.