[Phonological awareness therapy in the literacy process].

BACKGROUND

Phonological awareness and literacy.

AIM: to verify the influence of phonological awareness therapy in the literacy process.

METHOD: 46 children were submitted to an assessment involving the reading and writing of words and non-words and of phonological awareness. The experimental group was submitted to therapy.

RESULTS

Therapy had a positive influence in the performance of the children in the experimental group (76.47%) regarding tasks of phonological awareness and regarding their performance in reading and writing; only literate children were able to perform tasks involving phonemic awareness.

CONCLUSION

Phonological awareness therapy facilitates the acquisition of the alphabetic code.