The Effects of Phonemic Awareness Training on Word Recognition in Kindergarten Children
The present study aimed to investigate the effects of phonemic awareness training on word recognition in kindergarten children. The participants were 74 kindergarten children from a primary school in Hong Kong. They were randomly assigned to either an experimental or a control group. The experimental group received 10 sessions of phonemic awareness training while the control group did not receive any training. The results showed that the experimental group outperformed the control group in phonemic awareness and word recognition tasks, suggesting that phonemic awareness training is effective in enhancing early reading skills in kindergarten children.