%0 Journal Article
%T God's Design and Phonemic Awareness: What is phonemic awareness, what is phonics, and what does God have to do with it?
%A Jill A. Jones
%A Connie McDonald
%J Christian Perspectives in Education
%D 2007
%I Liberty University
%X Phonemic awareness is the foundation for a child¡¯s literacy development. God¡¯s initial interaction with man after creation, through the spoken word, bestows authority on oral language. Manipulation of language begins in infancy and continues throughout one¡¯s life. Teachers need to understand what phonemic awareness entails in order to develop and assess a child¡¯s development in this area.
%U http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cpe/vol1/iss1/6