39. Which of the following statements about phonemic awareness is correct?
(A) It is the ability to hear and spell out the sounds in written words.
(B) It is the speech sounds that constitute the components of a language.
(C) It helps people to read by correlating sounds with symbols.
(D) It is ability to hear, identify, move or change sounds in spoken words.
Phonemic awareness is a subset of phonological awareness in which listeners are able to hear, identify and manipulate phonemes, the smallest mental units of sound that helps to differentiate units of meaning (morphemes). Separating the spoken word "cat" into three distinct phonemes, /k/, /æ/, and /t/, requires phonemic awareness.