Phonemic+Awareness+and+Phonological+Awareness


 * // Phonemic awareness and phonological awareness //**

Phonemic awareness and phonological awareness are vital and are important concepts in reading as well as learning to read. It is significant that children understand what they refer to for both theory and practice. //Phonemic awareness// refers to an understanding of the smallest meaningful units of sound, and the ability of a speaker to hear, segment and manipulate the sounds of speech, e.g. saying the first sound in the word //dog//, recognising the other sounds and blending them. //Phonological awareness// refers to the ability to focus on the sounds of language as separate from its meaning. This includes larger segments such as onset and rime, as in //b-ike//, and syllables, such as //un-der//.