Phonemic Awareness Written By: Avalon Amaya Phonemic awareness is “an understanding The word “bat” can be broken into the sounds that speech is composed of a series of individual /b/-/a/-/t/. If a student is phonetically aware, sounds” (Yopp, 1992)....
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Phonemic Awareness Written By: Avalon Amaya Phonemic awareness is “an understanding The word “bat” can be broken into the sounds that speech is composed of a series of individual /b/-/a/-/t/. If a student is phonetically aware, sounds” (Yopp, 1992). Language is not just a they should be able to create the full word by string of words, but a string of sounds. combining the three individual sounds together. Awareness of these sounds, called phonemes, This is called segmentation. Teachers can also allows for a fuller understanding of a language as test their students with the blending concept; a whole. Phonics are commonly confused with asking them “what does the word ‘bat’ sound phonemic awareness but it is important to know like?”. Testing students on their phonemic the difference. Phonics focus on sounds in awareness is important because it can give connection to individual letters while Phonemic teachers an understanding on their level of awareness focuses on how those sounds are read
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