Demonstrates knowledge of phonological and phonemic awareness

Spanish translation: Demuestra conocimientos fonológicos( o de fonología) y fonémicos

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English term or phrase:	Demonstrates knowledge of phonological and phonemic awareness
Spanish translation:	Demuestra conocimientos fonológicos( o de fonología) y fonémicos
Entered by:	Gabriela Rodriguez

04:42 Apr 14, 2005

English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: Demonstrates knowledge of phonological and phonemic awareness

I am translating a reading progress report for parents of one of my first graders who do not speak English, and I'm not sure how to say "phonological and phonemic awareness" in Spanish. Thanks for your time!

Erin

Demuestra conocimientos fonológicos( o de fonología) y fonémicos

Explanation:
phonemic
Did you mean: phoneme
Dictionary
pho·ne·mic (fə-nē'mĭk, fō-) pronunciation
adj.

1. Of or relating to phonemes.
2. Of or relating to phonemics.
3. Serving to distinguish phonemes or distinctive features.

pho·ne'mi·cal·ly adv.Español (Spanish)
adj. - fonémico

phonology, study of the sound systems of languages. It is distinguished from phonetics, which is the study of the production, perception, and physical properties of speech sounds; phonology attempts to account for how they are combined, organized, and convey meaning in particular languages. Only a fraction of the sounds humans can articulate is found in any particular language. For example, English lacks the click sounds common to many languages of S Africa, while the sound th often poses problems for people learning English. Also, possible combinations of sounds vary widely from language to language—the combination kt at the beginning of a word, for example, would be impossible in some languages but is unexceptional in Greek. In phonology, speech sounds are analyzed into phonemes, the smallest units of sound that can change the meaning of a word. A phoneme may have several allophones, related sounds that are distinct but do not change the meaning of a word when they are interchanged. In English, l at the beginning of a word and l after a vowel are pronounced differently, so that the l in lit and the l in gold are allophones of the phoneme l; in other languages the difference between the two sounds could change the meaning of a word and so would be considered different phonemes.

spañol (Spanish)
n. - fonología

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Gabriela Rodriguez
Argentina
Local time: 14:57

Grading comment

Muchas gracias - es evidente que sabes de la linguistica y de lo que hablas. Estas palabras no son intercambiables y si las maestras las usan asi, no es correcto. Somos profesionales y debemos usar los terminos correctamente. Puedo explicar los terminos a los padres durante la conferencia, pero no puedo usarlas incorrectamente suponiendo que los padres no van a entenderlas. Bueno, quito mi "soapbox". Muchisimas gracias otra vez!
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5 +2

In support of Esther's answer (not for points)

Refugio

4 +2

Demuestra conocimientos fonológicos( o de fonología) y fonémicos

Gabriela Rodriguez

5 +1

reconosce bien los sonidos y puede distinguir entre ellos

00000000 (X)

comprueba que est al tanto de las diferencias fonol¢gicas y fon‚micas

Ernesto de Lara

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

demonstrates knowledge of phonological and phonemic awareness

Demuestra conocimientos fonológicos( o de fonología) y fonémicos

Gabriela Rodriguez
Argentina
Local time: 14:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 48

Grading comment

56 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

demonstrates knowledge of phonological and phonemic awareness reconosce bien los sonidos y puede distinguir entre ellos

Explanation:
It means: recognizes sounds well and can dstinguish between them. No need to jargonize with a parent struggling to inderstand what's going on in school.
Best,
Esther

00000000 (X)
Native speaker of:

French,

English

Grading comment

The parents are well educated, but since they just moved the U.S. do not yet speak English...They are very involved in the child's education, and I need to provide them with the same detailed feedback that the parents of my English speakers receive. Phonemic and phonological awareness goes deeper than this translation. Thanks for your time, in most cases I would agree with you about the jargonizing and avoiding technical vocabulary.

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Comment: The parents are well educated, but since they just moved the U.S. do not yet speak English...They are very involved in the child's education, and I need to provide them with the same detailed feedback that the parents of my English speakers receive. Phonemic and phonological awareness goes deeper than this translation. Thanks for your time, in most cases I would agree with you about the jargonizing and avoiding technical vocabulary.

1 hr confidence:

demonstrates knowledge of phonological and phonemic awareness comprueba que est al tanto de las diferencias fonol¢gicas y fon‚micas

Explanation:
this is it

Ernesto de Lara
Local time: 10:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 38

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

demonstrates knowledge of phonological and phonemic awareness In support of Esther's answer (not for points)

Explanation:
As a bilingual first-grade teacher, I can tell you that phonemic and phonological are usually used interchangeably. To mention them separately on a report card seems a bit pretentious. In my experience, most teachers could not tell you what the difference would be. Therefore, no matter how well educated the parents may be, it is still jargon and should be translated into something meaningful such as Esther suggests. Here is a technical description:

What Is Phonological/Phoneme Awareness?

Stanovich (1993-94) defines "phonological awareness" as the ability to deal explicitly and segmentally with sound units smaller than the syllable. He also notes that researchers "argue intensely" about the meaning of the term and about the nature of the tasks used to measure it. Harris and Hodges (1995) present a brief essay on phonemic awareness. Another oft-cited source (Adams, 1990) uses "phonemic awareness" almost exclusively. Phonological awareness sometimes refers to an awareness that words consist of syllables, "onsets and rimes," and phonemes, and so can be considered as a broader notion than phonemic awareness. Each term is widely used and perhaps (if incorrectly) used interchangeably. In preparing this Digest, both terms were used to search the ERIC database. For the purposes of this Digest, each author's use will be followed.

Adams (1990) describes 5 levels of phonemic awareness in terms of abilities:

* to hear rhymes and alliteration as measured by knowledge of nursery rhymes

* to do oddity tasks (comparing and contrasting the sounds of words for rhyme and alliteration)

* to blend and split syllables

* to perform phonemic segmentation (such as counting out the number of phonemes in a word)

* to perform phoneme manipulation tasks (such as adding, deleting a particular phoneme and regenerating a word from the remainder).

Refugio
Local time: 10:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 220

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