Phonological awareness is one aspect of phonological processing. It is the conscious ability to detect and manipulate sound structures such as sentences, words, syllables and phonemes. It is the basis for reading and developing reading skills and deals with sound only.
Reading acquisition is the learning or developing of reading skills and occurs in a stage-like progression (Chall, 1983), e.g. Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. Reading is oral language in a visual format. Three key emergent literary skills that predict acquisition of reading skills are:
1. Phonological awareness.
2. Print recognition- matching symbols to sound.
3. Oral language – to listen and learn the language.
Reading acquisition is the learning or developing of reading skills and occurs in a stage-like progression (Chall, 1983), e.g. Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. Reading is oral language in a visual format. Three key emergent literary skills that predict acquisition of reading skills are:
1. Phonological awareness.
2. Print recognition- matching symbols to sound.
3. Oral language – to listen and learn the language.