Phonological awareness is the understanding that spoken words are made up of sounds and recognising how they come together to form words. Children usually develop this skill at around 4 or 5 years ...

Phonological awareness is an understanding of the different sounds that make up spoken words in a language. It is the ability to recognise when these sounds are the same and when they're different.

The new definition acknowledges that while phonological processing problems are common in dyslexia, other factors also contribute, including working memory and processing speed, and dyslexia ...