First Steps to Reading: Phonological Awareness
Phonological Awareness Intelligibility and Phonological Awareness In our last article we talked about intelligibility and phonological processes. Intelligibility means being understood when you speak. Phonological processes are sound errors that children typically use while their body parts involved in speaking (jaw, tongue, etc.) are still being formed. To Read I Must Speak This week we connect the ability to speak, the ability to be understood while you speak, with the success of reading and writing. To that end, we shall discuss phonological awareness. What is Phonological Awareness? Phonological awareness is a set of skills that includes identifying and manipulating units of oral language – parts such as words, syllables, and onsets and rhymes. Simply put, it’s the ability to “play” with words. Reading includes identifying letters, matching the sound the letter makes, and sequencing those sounds together to form words-basically, phonological awareness. Children that have a hard time with phonological awareness usually experience writing and reading difficulties. … Keep Reading…