Standard 7 Phonological Awareness/Phonemic Awareness ACAP Prep

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What is Phonological Awareness?

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Phonological Awareness is the ability to recognize and work with sounds in spoken language. It includes skills like identifying sounds, syllables, and rhymes.

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What is Phonemic Awareness?

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Phonemic Awareness is a specific type of phonological awareness that focuses on the individual sounds (phonemes) in words.

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Give an example of a phoneme.

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The word 'cat' has three phonemes: /k/, /æ/, and /t/.

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What is a syllable?

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A syllable is a single, unbroken sound of a spoken (or written) word. For example, the word 'banana' has three syllables: ba-na-na.

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What is a rhyme?

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A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often at the end of lines in poems or songs, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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How can you identify the number of syllables in a word?

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You can clap your hands for each syllable you hear in a word. For example, 'apple' has two claps, so it has two syllables.

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What is blending in phonemic awareness?

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Blending is the ability to combine individual sounds to form a word. For example, blending /d/, /o/, and /g/ makes 'dog'.

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What is segmenting in phonemic awareness?

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Segmenting is the ability to break a word down into its individual sounds. For example, the word 'fish' can be segmented into /f/, /ɪ/, and /ʃ/.

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What is an onset in phonology?

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An onset is the initial consonant sound of a syllable. For example, in the word 'star', the onset is /st/.

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What is a rime in phonology?

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A rime is the part of a syllable that contains the vowel and any following consonants. In 'star', the rime is /ar/.