[Phonological awareness improvement in primary school students].
BACKGROUND
Phonological awareness in primary school students.


OBJECTIVE
To verify the improvement of phonological awareness in primary school students after a speech and language stimulation program.


METHODS
20 students with the worst results in the first literacy exam were selected. Phonological awareness tests were analyzed at the beginning and at the end of the stimulation program.


RESULTS
Most of the subjects demonstrated to have a notion about phonological awareness activities.


CONCLUSIONS
Students demonstrated improvement, suggesting the effectiveness of the program.
Cárnio
Maria Sílvia
MS
Fonoaudióloga, Doutora em Lingüística pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciéncias Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo. mscarnio@usp.br
dos Santos
Daniele
D
D001364:Awareness; D001938:Brazil; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013067:Speech Perception; D013334:Students; D014956:Writing