Phonological Awareness and its implications for Reading Acquisition

Abstract

Researches of more than two decades has affirmed the importance of phonological awareness and its relation to reading acquisition. Chard & Dickson (1999) consider phonological awareness as a "cognitive substrate to reading acquisition" (p.1). This article explains Phonological awareness and its relation to reading acquisition.

Keywords

• Phonological awareness
• Reading acquisition
• Phonemic awareness