Literacy

I would have to agree with Todd in the fact that I believe that phonemic awareness is the most important part of literacy. While there are other aspects including fluency and phonics phonemic awareness is the basis from which other aspects and areas of reading are learned. As I stated in the last class my sister was partially deaf when she was born and could not properly hear until she was 4 years old. Because of this it inhibited her to hear different sounds and pronunciations which later led to reading and comprehension problems. So I believe that to accomplish social aspects, the ability to be affective, metacognition, and discourse knowledge you need to start with the basics, and the basics being phonemic awareness.