RICA Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

Question 1

Which of the following best defines phonological awareness?

Accepted Answer

The ability to recognize and manipulate the sound structures of spoken language

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The ability to decode written words using letter-sound correspondences

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The ability to understand the meaning of words in context

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The ability to recognize sight words automatically

Question 2

Which skill represents the most advanced level of phonological awareness?

Accepted Answer

Segmenting and manipulating individual phonemes

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Recognizing rhyming words

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Counting syllables in a word

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Blending onset and rime

Question 3

A teacher asks students to tell her what word they hear when she says '/k/ /æ/ /t/'. This activity develops which skill?

Accepted Answer

Phoneme blending

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Phoneme segmentation

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Phoneme deletion

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Phoneme substitution

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a rhyme recognition task?

Accepted Answer

Do 'cat' and 'hat' rhyme?

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Say each sound you hear in the word 'ship'

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What word do you get if you change the /k/ in 'cat' to /b/?

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Clap once for each syllable in 'butterfly'

Question 5

In the developmental sequence of phonological awareness, which skill typically emerges first?

Accepted Answer

Syllable awareness

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Phoneme isolation

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Phoneme segmentation

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Onset-rime blending

Question 6

What is the difference between phonological awareness and phonics?

Accepted Answer

Phonological awareness is an oral/aural skill; phonics involves mapping sounds to letters

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Phonological awareness involves print; phonics involves sound only

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Phonics develops before phonological awareness

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There is no meaningful difference between the two

Question 7

A teacher has students listen to the word 'farm' and identify the first sound. This is an example of which phonological skill?

Accepted Answer

Phoneme isolation

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Phoneme blending

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Phoneme deletion

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Phoneme substitution