I heard of the phonemic awareness before and thought that it was something to do with phonic. I was wrong; phonemic awareness is, as stated from the book, " a child's understanding and conscious awareness that speech is composed of identifiable units, such as spoken words, syllables and sound" (DeVries,B p.80). Phonemic awareness is all about sounds. It can be thought to children before preschool. "Nursery rhymes, poems, jump ropes jingles, riddles, jokes, tongue twisters, and stories are all filled with words and phrases that emphasize the sound and rhythm of our language"(DeVries,B p.86). These are fun and catchy perfect for a children and an ELL students as the text said " it is an introduction to the English language" (DeVries,B p.86).
As a future teacher, I believe that phonemic awareness is very important for students to acquire. The process for reading begins with sound. Many research have shown that the children who were read to are better reader than the children who were not read to. When a child is being read to they are being exposed to the sound of words and the process of literacy begins. Even when they are reciting nursery rhymes, phonemic awareness is being exercised. As a Future teacher, I will continue to help students build their phonemic awareness by using "Nursery rhymes, poems, jump ropes jingles, riddles, jokes, tongue twisters, and stories" (DeVries,B p.80).
