Phonemic Awareness
Definition
"Attentive Recognition of the identity of speech sounds in words and the ability to manipulate sounds" (Glaser & Moats, 2008:74).
Spoken Language, Not Written
Pronounce
Aspects (Glaser,Moats, 2008:70)
Impact on Language Development (Glaser,Moats, 2008:76)
Reasons For Struggling (Glaser,Moats, 2008:)
Teaching Strategies (Glaser,Moats, 2008:83-84)
BEFORE
Progression of task difficulty
Introduce all sounds in instruction
Multi sensory involvement
Gesture, pictures & association to identify sounds
10 - 15 daily to improve PA
eg, sort same letter sounds, begin,middle,end
identify initial, middle sound then segment & produce
Mirror, letter sound, lips tongue
Sound Wall
touch shoulder,knee 7 toes, for cloud, segmenting
Word Corner,touch each corners on table
Segment January when writing on board in the morning
remember retrieve and think all sounds in words.
succeed in begin reading & spelling,
44 speech sounds, may find difficult remember
eg, /c/ +at/ = cat
Phonemes
Consonants
Vowels
no obstruction airway, open
has obstruction, closed
phoneme manipulation
focus on meaning of words