Phonological Awareness: What is it and how does it relate to phonemic awareness?
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Phonological Awareness is the ability to recognize that spoken words are made up of individual sound parts.
Word Level Rhyming
- bat
- cat
- hat
Alliteration
Bold big brown bear
Sentence Segmentation
I / see / the / dog = 4 words
Syllable Level
ba-by = 2 syllables
ex-er-cise = 3 syllables
Phonological Awareness is like an umbrella. Phonemic Awareness and other skills exist under this umbrella.
Onset & Rime Level
Onset = map
Rime = map
Phonemic Awareness Level
/m/ /oo/ /n/ moon = 3 phonemes
Phonemic awareness is the most advanced skill of phonological awareness.
Suggested Citation
National Center on Improving Literacy (2022). Phonological Awareness: What Is It and How Does It Relate To Phonemic Awareness. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Special Education Programs, National Center on Improving Literacy. Retrieved from https://www.improvingliteracy.org.
Abstract
Phonological awareness is like an umbrella. Rhyming, alliteration, sentence segmentation, syllables, onset and rime, and phonemic awareness all exist under this umbrella with phonemic awareness being the most advanced skill of phonological awareness.
Related Resources
This toolkit helps teachers and families understand the difference between phonemic and phonological awareness and how to support a child's development of these important reading skills.
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The research reported here is funded by awards to the National Center on Improving Literacy from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (Award #: S283D160003). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. Copyright © 2024 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://www.improvingliteracy.org
