Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Important Part of Literacy
I agree with the person who wrote the post before mine in that all aspects of literacy (reading, writing, speaking, listening) are important. Those four types of literacy are interconnected. From the video we watched last week, it seems to me that phonemic awareness is crucial to developing literacy. Phonics are the building blocks of language. If a child lacks phonemic awareness, he or she will not be able to build the necessary foundation to improve literacy skills. Therefore, I would consider phonemic awareness to be the most important part of literacy because, without it, full literacy would not be possible.
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I think, Jennifer, you can see in later posts that some of your classmates would like to argue the point about phonemic awareness -- but I think you are right that hearing and understanding the sounds and letters are central to the reading process. Yet, letters and sounds can't be taught alone for someone to become a successful reader. They have to be taught in connection with reading and writing tasks.
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