phonological

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In kindergarten, the test uses letters as well as visual symbols to check for a range of skills, such as alphabet knowledge, object naming, vocabulary, and phonological awareness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

It also implies that without native language instruction in schools, students may not be enhancing their oral language development and phonological awareness skills, despite having innate strengths in their native language, he said.

From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2023

The letters P and F, which are alien to the Hausa phonological system, also influence how many northern Nigerians pronounce words containing them, so "police" can come out as "folice".

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023

In other words, phonological connections can influence speech errors.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

Relations among musical skills, phonological processing, and early reading ability in preschool children.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin