Human Growth and Development / Unit 5 HGD 0635 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Phonology and Morphemes
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The idea
Phonology is a language's sound system; phonological awareness, recognising and manipulating those sounds, is a key foundation for learning to read.
In practice
The word unfillable broken into three morphemes: un, fill and able.
Where people slip
The world's languages use about eight hundred phonemes; morphological awareness helps children decode new words.
Your place on the trail
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