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Phonological awareness

Phonological awareness refers to the knowledge of how sounds are sequenced to produce words.

This is an understanding that words are composed of sequences of sounds and the ability to identify and manipulate the sounds of language.

Other definition:
Phonological awareness refers to the understanding that words are composed of sequences of sounds and the ability to identify and manipulate the sounds of language.

Other /More definition:
phonological awareness is a broad construct that includes recognition of the relationship that exists between sounds and letters, detection of rhyme and alliteration, and awareness that sounds can be manipulated within syllables in words.

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