An investigation into how the structure of simple songs and nursery rhymes could best increase 'large grain' phonological awareness skills (rhyme and syllable awareness) in 4 to 5 year old children as part of a classroom based pre-literacy strategy

摘要

The thesis discusses the impact of rhythmic awareness on phonological awareness skills. It compares the effectiveness of various musical stimuli - drumming to music or a metronome and singing to simply chanting to an isochronous pulse rate.