concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: phonological awareness

language and communication
type: Concept
narrower: phonological awareness

language skills
type: Concept
narrower: phonological awareness

phonological awareness
type: Concept
broader: language skills
broader: language and communication
definition: Phonological awareness is the explicit understanding that spoken language comprises discrete linguistic units of sound structure, such as words, syllables, and phonemes. Phonological awareness encompasses a wide variety of skills that indicate an understanding that spoken language can be analyzed and manipulated based on the sound structure of words alone, independent of word meaning. [Source: Encyclopedia of Language Development; Phonological Awareness]