Phonological Awareness

Phonological Awareness

  • Venue: Online
  • Start: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 09:00:00 BST
  • End: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 09:00:00 BST

Phonological awareness (PA) is a crucial skill that underpins speech, vocabulary and literacy. Early syllable level stages of PA acquisition are required before children can progress to phoneme level skills (and phonics). Children who have difficulty acquiring PA skills will always have difficulty unless given help. It is never too late for children to learn PA skills. Children with good PA skills will have better vocabulary skills and learn to read more easily. Find out how to quickly assess PA skills and accurately target effective teaching activities so that children are primed for learning phonics.

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The Newcastle Phonological Awareness website, made by Speech and Language Therapists (SLT) for SLTs, teachers, teaching assistants and assistant SLTs, is available below. On this website,  you will find information about phonological awareness development and important evidence to consider.

You can also access the manuals and materials for the Newcastle Assessment of Phonological Awareness (NAPA) and the Newcastle Intervention for Phonological Awareness (NIPA).

 

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