title: [Phonological awareness improvement in primary school students].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Fonoaudióloga, Doutora em Lingüística pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciéncias Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo. mscarnio@usp.br
authors.forename: Maria Sílvia
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cárnio
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: dos Santos
mesh_terms: 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