How Much Time Should I Spend On Phonemic Awareness Instruction?

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The articles, Putting Reading First and The Importance of Phonemic Awareness in Learning offer contrasting ideas on the importance of learning among the children. In the first article, Blair (2002) says that it is important for the kids to know how to read at an early age. The best way that they can achieve this of course is learning the basics of language and applying them when they are reading. Phonemic awareness is important. In the other sub-headings in the article, other authors also present contrasting views on the topic.
In the second article, The Importance of Phonemic Awareness in Learning to Read, Hoover (2002) offers two different views on the issue of phonemic awareness among the children. In the introduction of the article under the subheading, What is Reading, the author presents an argument that even though phonemic awareness is a linguistic skill, it is not actually a skill that is needed for one to learn or...