[senco-forum] Y1 phonological awareness

My questions was not personal to you.  My question concerned what the phrase
"manipulate phonemes" meant.  I think you may have misunderstood.
Best wishes
Sharon

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From: dolfrog [mailto:dolfrog at tiscali.co.uk] 
Sent: 04 October 2006 19:31
To: 'Sharon Fawcitt'; Olanys at aol.com; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Y1 phonological awareness

Hi Sharon

No I am not I am looking at the visual difference.
And hope that I have guessed correctly in context etc.
All that other stuff, phonemes, graphemes and blending etc, is a waste of
time for me, I can not process it. So it is my own version of whole word for
me. 
You need to find out how the child in front of you learners, and understand
the possible information processing deficits and skills combinations. And if
you have listening problems, Auditory Processing Disorder, you need an
alternative to a sound based teaching program. But too many professionals
are unable to understand this concept, may be they have own information
processing disorder, as a condition of entry to their respective
professions.

Best wishes

Graeme
dolfrog
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Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Y1 phonological awareness

When you "manipulate" phonemes though, aren't you in fact taking them apart
often and reblending them? E.g. take the 'l' out of slow and what word does
it now make? Ans = sow (as in to sow seeds, not sow as in female pig!)
Sharon

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[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Olanys at aol.com
Sent: 02 October 2006 13:45
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Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Y1 phonological awareness

Hi Maizie, 

You said:
"You can't implement phonics skills without phonological  awareness. "

Exactly but you can HAVE good phonics skills without good phnological  
awareness.
 see  
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1.html

Phonics
Phonics is the understanding that there is a predictable relationship
between 
 phonemes (the sounds of spoken language) and graphemes (the letters and  
spellings that represent those sounds in written language). 
Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the  
individual sounds--phonemes--in spoken words. 
Phonological Awareness
Phonological awareness is a broad term that includes phonemic awareness. In

addition to phonemes, phonological awareness activities can involve work
with  
rhymes, words, syllables, and onsets and rimes.

It IS possible to have good phonemic awareness and poor phonologocal
skills; 
just knowing the individual sounds does not mean you can then blend them  to

make words or recognise the written form of these words although you might
be  
able to recognise the sounds as individual wriotten forms... phonological  
awareness is a complex set of skills of which phonemic awareness is only one
and 
 for the development of these skills, phonics teaching alone isn't enough.  

Best wishes,
Aly

Chair Auditory  Processing Disorder in the UK/APDUK
www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm 
www.apduk.org  

Best wishes,
Aly

Chair Auditory  Processing Disorder in the UK/APDUK
www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm 
www.apduk.org