RCI-00583 · Phonemic Awareness

Phonemic Awareness — Senior Teen Mastery Applied Project · Self-Paced

Hear, identify and manipulate the sound structures that underpin confident reading. This version is designed for ages 16–18 at mastery level through independent digital learning.

Senior TeenMasterySelf-PacedApplied Project12 learning hours
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What you should be able to do

  • Develop secure sound discrimination with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Develop increasingly independent blending with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Develop applied segmenting with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Develop confident phoneme manipulation with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Apply Phonemic Awareness skills through real-world application appropriate to ages 16–18.
  • Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.

Course journey

Unit 1 · Listening for SoundsFocus: sound discrimination

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 16–18.

Unit 2 · Blend It TogetherFocus: blending

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 16–18.

Unit 3 · Break Words ApartFocus: segmenting

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 16–18.

Unit 4 · Sound Change ChallengeFocus: phoneme manipulation

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 16–18.

How learning is evidenced

Practice evidence

Short activities, reading responses, writing tasks, discussion or applied practice depending on the pathway.

Completion task

A final age- and level-appropriate task demonstrating the key course outcomes. Successful completion can generate an RCI certificate of completion; it is not presented as a regulated qualification.

Who this pathway is for

This pathway is designed for Senior Teen learners (ages 16–18) who want to develop sound discrimination, blending, segmenting, phoneme manipulation at Mastery level.

Progression

After completion, learners can move into a higher-level pathway within Phonemic Awareness, apply the skill in another literacy domain, join a Reading Ambassador pathway, or continue through the Reading Passport and Literacy App.

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