I think the most important part of literacy is phonemic awareness. Obviously the ability to recognize letters is paramount, but the ability to recognize the sounds the letters make is even more important. Without phonemic awareness, a person would not be able to read at all whether it be out loud or to themselves. Secondly, without phonemic awareness, there can be no reading and, in turn, no comprehension.
I feel that literacy is a combination of many skills that work in conjunction with one another as well as build on one another. In my opinion, the most fundamental of these building blocks, aside from knowing the alphabet, is phonemic awareness.
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Hey Todd, this is true. Phonemic awareness is very important because without this ability we will be unable to read and comprehend what we have read. Personally, I had trouble when I was younger in reading because I was unable to to pronounce certain words, which enable me to be confused, fustrated and lost. But through time and practice was able to pronounce the difficult words and then was able to comprehend and understand what I read..
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