The impact of training on phonological awareness skills in writing preschoolers

Abstract

The recent researches shows that learning to read and write in an alphabetic language requires an understanding of the relationship between phonemes and graphemes, which requires speech segmentation skills, that is, phonological awareness, and these skills have been highly correlated with learning written language. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effects of a phonological awareness intervention program on the performance of writing tasks in 15 pre-school children, who were submitted to tests of phonological awareness, knowledge of letters and written words before and after intervention. The results suggest a positive effect of the intervention in both the development of metaphonological skills and the writing skills of participants. The importance of the use of activities aimed at the development of phonological awareness in Early Childhood Education is discussed, in order to favor the learning of written language.