Phonetic Awareness Test
Phonetic Awareness Test
Phonetic Awareness Test
PHONETIC AWARENESS
TEST
Eloisa A. Pradiez
Homapon High School
Directions in Administering the Pretest:
1. Give the child a pencil , an eraser and a blank sheet of
unruled paper. Then say:
“I’m going to read a sentence to you.Listen Carefully
2. Read Sentence A slowly, fluently. Then say:
I’m going to read it again very slowly.
Listen again very carefully.
Then write down what you hear.
3. Read sentence A slowly, word by word. Keep repeating the
word until the child has written down or parts of it. Then
read the next word in the same manner, until the last word
in the sentence. Do the same with Sentence B.
Direction for Scoring the Pretest:
English Sentence1 Point per correct phoneme)
WEEK 1
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WEEK 10
All assessments should be
given one-on-one.
What it measures
Phoneme matching is the ability to identify words that
begin with the same sound.
Phoneme isolation is the ability to isolate a single sound
from within a word.
Phoneme blending is the ability to blend individual sounds
into a word.
Phoneme segmentation is the ability to break a word into
individual sounds.
Phoneme manipulation is the ability to modify, change, or
move the individual sounds in a word.
Examples of assessment questions
Phoneme matching
Which words sound alike? man, sat, sip (Correct response: sat, sip)
Phoneme isolation – Initial (first) sound:
What's the first sound in "sat?" (Correct response: /s/)
Phoneme isolation – Final (last) sound:
What's the last sound in "sat?" (Correct response: /t/)
Phoneme isolation – Medial (middle) sound:
What's the middle sound in "sat?" (Correct response: /a/)
Phoneme blending:
What word do these sounds make? /h/ – /o/ – /t/ (Correct response: hot)
Phoneme segmentation:
What sounds do you hear in "hot?" (Correct response: /h/ – /o/ – /t/)
Phoneme manipulation – Initial (first) sound:
Say "mat" without the /m/ sound. (Correct response: at)
Phoneme manipulation – Final (last) sound:
Say "mat" without the /t/ sound. (Correct response: ma)
Phoneme manipulation – Substitution:
Say "pig." (Correct response: pig)
Now change the /p/ in "pig" to /f/. (Correct response: fig)