How may early intervention of phonological awareness impact a child’s reading abilities?

1. What is phonological awareness?
2. How do normal developing children learn to read compared to abnormal children?
3. Have there been any proven studies on phonological awareness and its relationship on early reading skills?
4. At what ages are children exposed to phonological awareness?
5. What are some types of phonological awareness?
6. How can parents incorporate phonological awareness in their child's life?
7. How can teachers incorporate phonological awareness in their classrooms?
8. How many children in the United States have been exposed to phonological awareness prior to the age of five?

Tentative Point

Early intervention of phonological awareness skills can positively impact a child's reading ability.

Genres I plan to include:

1. Webliography
2. Power Point Presentation
3. Poem
4. Letter to Parent (clinician voice)
5. Interview transcript (client voice/clinician voice)
6. Email Exchange (parent voice/clinician voice)
7. Unifying Genre

Rationales for each genre:

I chose to write a letter to the parent because I feel this would be a good way to practice my clinician voice. By writing this letter, I will be able to use laymen's terms to effectively express ideas to the parent.

I chose to do an interview transcript because this will allow me to look ahead and think about what questions and concerns my client may have. This will also give me a chance to think about how I will respond to their questions.

I chose the email exchange because I figured that as technical as our society is today, this might be the most effective way to reach parents with busy schedules. This will give me practice communicating in a new way as opposed to the traditional paper and pencil method.

I think the best way for me to integrate my genres would be through a story. By writing a story the genres I chose could share the same topic/concerns and be easier to follow. I think it would be neat to see what questions/concerns may arise through out the story.

Tentative Resources:

Owens, Robert E. Jr. (2001). Language Development An Introduction (Fifth Edition). Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon.