...Before a student can effectively master phonics, it is essential that the student has cultivated phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is the skill of being able to hear individual units of sound. The easiest unit is a word, more difficult is a syllable, and most difficult is hearing individual sounds or phonemes. (read more)
...By using a combination of observation, research, and student-centered teaching/assisting I aim to help students succeed. I focus primarily on discovering how they learn best and fostering that method so that they continue to learn better. I have a degree in English with minors in Professional and Creative Writing and am currently working on my last year of my Master's in English as well. (read more)