What is Phonological Awareness | Paperless Classroom
The term “phonological awareness” depicts a vast skill set that comprises oral languages.
The oral linguistic characteristics also include words, onsets, rimes and syllables.
Phonemic awareness can help a person to concentrate on a sound and change it.
These sounds or phonemes are made from the minor parts of a spoken language and combines to make simple syllables and words.
For instance, the word "mat" consists of three phonemes which are "m", "a", and "t".
Although there are 26 alphabets in the English language, there are 44 phonemes and the "th” letter combination.
Phonemic awareness forms the foundation of word recognition skills and spellings.
Appropriate phonemic awareness can help children to read for the first few years in their schools.
The pupils who find it hard to read have reduced amounts of phonemic awareness.
However, various activities can sharpen both the skills – phonological awareness and phonemic awareness with several methods.
The appearance of the problem
Children generally personalize their feelings when they complain about their difficulties or frustrations.
They usually say “It is stupid” or “Reading is boring”. But the effect of phonemic or phonological awareness on reading might make the children describe them.
I don't know the words that rhyme with cat, or I don't know how many syllables are in my name.
The parents perceive the problem differently.
They generally say - He does not show his interests in rhyming games or vocabulary games or She faces difficulties in thinking of a rhyming word for cat.
The teacher might call out that the student finds it challenging to figure out the number of syllables from the paper.
The pupil fails to fulfil the blending functions that include placing together sounds like “ck”, “i”, or “k” when forming the word “kick”.
The student might find it hard to spell or rhyme a new word from its sound.
The child might find it hard to accomplish phoneme substitution with reasonable accuracy.
In this case, they might find it hard to alter the letters “cr” in crate or the alphabet “m” in the word “mate”.
Assistance Procedure
The children can better learn to cope with the phonological issues in the following ways.
a. The kids must have the patience to learn new sounds and words.
b. They must show their desire to practice writing.
c. They would be willing to play different word-and-sound games with their parents.
Parental Assistance
Parents can help their children by doing the following
a. Parents can keep track of phonetic education in schools.
b. The child should receive small group or face-to-face instructions.
c. They must read rhyme books while teaching their kids short poems and rhymes.
d. The parents can play with their child with the use of proper skillsets. They can also form typical sentences that have words carrying similar sounds.
c. Ask the child to think up words that begin with the “ch” or “m” sound.
Teacher Support
Teachers must know phonemes and ensure that the study materials carry such phonemes.
They can perform different phoneme awareness tasks.
Students who are past their age can obtain an intervention program or a research-based supplemental.
