Which term describes identifying and manipulating units of oral language?

Which term describes identifying and manipulating units of oral language?

• A. Read Aloud
• B. Prosody
• C. Phonological Awareness
• D. Grapheme

Answer: (C)

Phonological awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate units of spoken language, including sounds, syllables, and rhymes. This means you can hear and break apart sounds in words, blend sounds to form spoken words, or recognize that two words rhyme. For example, you can tell that the word "cat" has three sounds /k/ /a/ /t/, and you can blend the sounds /s/ /oo/ /n/ to say "soon" or segment the word "soap" into /s/ /oʊ/ /p/. This skill lays the groundwork for reading because it helps children map sounds in speech to letters during decoding. Read Aloud is simply reading text aloud; prosody concerns the rhythm and intonation of speech; a grapheme is a written letter or letter cluster that represents a sound.

Phonological awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate units of spoken language, including sounds, syllables, and rhymes. This means you can hear and break apart sounds in words, blend sounds to form spoken words, or recognize that two words rhyme. For example, you can tell that the word "cat" has three sounds /k/ /a/ /t/, and you can blend the sounds /s/ /oo/ /n/ to say "soon" or segment the word "soap" into /s/ /oʊ/ /p/. This skill lays the groundwork for reading because it helps children map sounds in speech to letters during decoding. Read Aloud is simply reading text aloud; prosody concerns the rhythm and intonation of speech; a grapheme is a written letter or letter cluster that represents a sound.