PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, RHYME AND LEARNING TO READ

Authors

  • Antonio Roazzi Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Ann Dowker Oxford University

Abstract

The main topic discussed in this article concems the cotroversy
in recent years about the extent to which children possess phonological
awareness and the extent and direction of causal links between
phonological awareness and literacy. Thus, in the first part of this article
we discuss phonological awareness and its relationship to the use of
rhyme and alliteration in children's poems. Then, we discuss the controversy
about the cause-effect relationship between phonological awareness
and learning to read. Although there is no controversy about its
existence, there is a lot of disagreement as to the direction of this relationship,
i.e. what is cause and what is effect. On the basis of the literature
analyzed it is concluded that: (1) Rhyming and alliteration exist prior to
reading and can help to develop it, however not necessarily in the same
way as explicit segmentation ability does. (2) Explicit segmentation ability
can precede reading. It may not be as common at a very early stage as
rhyme and alliteration. There are also other activities which involve focusing
on the sounds of language (e.g. composing poetry). Rhyme and alliteration
may help the child to become more interested in language in general
(not just in the way it sounds), and this may also be important for reading.
(3) In order to better comprehend the relationship between reading
and phonological awareness, it is necessary to regard phonological awareness
not as a single, unitary and organized construct but as a general
cognitive ability, composed of a complex combination of different abilities,
each one with its own particular features. (4) The combination of longitudinal
data and the results of various interventions (e.g. training studies) may
provide greater insight into the problem.

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2012-07-26

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Roazzi, A., & Dowker, A. (2012). PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, RHYME AND LEARNING TO READ. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 5(1), 31–55. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17058