{"id":123,"date":"2021-08-18T17:04:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T17:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allround.club\/blog\/?p=123"},"modified":"2022-04-17T19:11:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T19:11:52","slug":"phonemic-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/phonemic-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Phonemic Awareness?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two best ways to learn reading and that too fluently and without an error are Alphabet Recognition <\/strong>and Phonemic Awareness<\/strong>. We are sure that you might be aware about the former term.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s get into some deeper insights about the latter one. Phonemic Awareness <\/strong>refers to the ability of hearing and manipulating the sounds in spoken words and syllables that are made up of sounding words.<\/p>\n

We all know that the English language has a total of 26 alphabets. But do you know how many phonemes we have? Before answering this question, it becomes really important to know what phonemes exactly are.<\/p>\n

Phonemes are actually units of sound which distinguish one word from another in a particular language. Fundamentally this can be explained using much simpler examples and terms. Suppose a child can not distinguish the similarity between \u2018moon\u2019 and \u2018man\u2019 or can not blend the sounds, he or she may face great difficulty in blending sounds with words.<\/p>\n

Lets understand this with examples!<\/p>\n

When speaking, we combine phonemes to form a word. For instance, the word HEN has 3 phonemes: \/H\/E\/N\/. The word WHEN is also made from 3 phonemes: \/Wh\/E\/N\/. Whereas the word WENT has 4 phonemes: \/W\/E\/N\/T.<\/p>\n

Hope that you now know what phonemes exactly are. So this one\u2019s for you!! Can you tell how many phonemes does the word HUT have? Yes, you got that right! Read about more such words and test your knowledge.<\/p>\n

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