Editing Phonics (section)

===Phonemic awareness===
Not to be confused with phonics, [[phonemic awareness]] (PA) is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual spoken sounds of language, independent of writing. Phonemic awareness is part of oral language ability and is critical for learning to read.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nichd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pubs/nrp/Documents/report.pdf|title=National Reading Panel, USA}}</ref> To assess phonemic awareness, or teach it explicitly, learners are given a variety of exercises, such as adding a sound (e.g., ''Add the '''th''' sound to the beginning of the word '''ink'''''), changing a sound (e.g., ''In the word '''sing''', change the '''ng''' sound to the '''t''' sound)'', or removing a sound (e.g., ''In the word '''park''', remove the '''p''' sound)''. Phonemic awareness and the resulting knowledge of spoken language is the most important determinant of a child's early reading success.<ref>{{cite book |author=Seidenberg, Mark |title=Language at the speed of sight |pages=16, 106 |publisher=Basic Books|location=New York, NY|year=2017|isbn=978-1-5416-1715-5}}</ref> Phonemic awareness is sometimes taught separately from phonics and at other times it is the result of phonics instruction (i.e. segmenting or blending phonemes with letters).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://schools.essex.gov.uk/pupils/sen/Documents/The_Ultimate_Guide_.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://schools.essex.gov.uk/pupils/sen/Documents/The_Ultimate_Guide_.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=The ultimate guide to phonological awareness, Essex County Council, UK}}</ref><ref name="education.vic.gov.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/literacy/readingviewing/Pages/litfocusphonological.aspx|title=Phonological awareness, Victoria State Government, Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/nrp/Documents/report.pdf|title=National Reading Panel, USA, Page 2-2}}</ref>
It is that part of [[phonological awareness]] that is concerned with phonemes.