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58. Teaching Phonemic Awareness: A Guide for Educators with Dr. Jane Ashby

From Literacy in Color · Hosted by Michelle Sullivan

2025-10-07·52:25

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In this episode of Literacy in Color: Phonemic awareness (PA) interestingly is one of the most debated areas of literacy instruction. Should it be taught with letters, without letters, or both? Which tasks matter most?

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Phonemic awareness (PA) interestingly is one of the most debated areas of literacy instruction. Should it be taught with letters, without letters, or both? Which tasks matter most? And how much is enough? In this episode of Literacy in Color, Michelle sits down with Dr. Jane Ashby, professor, researcher, and first author of Teaching Phonemic…