Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Flashcards

Which of the following best describes phonemic awareness?

Answer: The ability to recognize and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words

Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual phonemes (the smallest units of sound) in spoken language.

A teacher asks students to say 'cat' without the /k/ sound. This activity targets which phonological skill?

Answer: Phoneme deletion

Phoneme deletion requires students to remove a specific sound from a word and say what remains.

Which task represents phoneme segmentation?

Answer: Saying /d/ /o/ /g/ for the word 'dog'

Phoneme segmentation involves breaking a spoken word into its individual phonemes.

Rhyming awareness, syllable blending, and onset-rime manipulation are all components of:

Answer: Phonological awareness

Phonological awareness is a broad umbrella skill that includes awareness of rhymes, syllables, onset-rime, and individual phonemes.

Which of the following is the most advanced phonological awareness skill?

Answer: Manipulating individual phonemes

Phoneme manipulation, such as substitution and deletion, is the most advanced level of phonological awareness because it requires working with the smallest units of sound.

A student who can identify that 'ship,' 'chip,' and 'tip' all end with the same sound is demonstrating:

Answer: Rhyme recognition

Recognizing that words share the same ending sound is rhyme recognition, an early phonological awareness skill.