ABSTRACT
Any child who hears and understands speech displays a functional level of auditory perception. This is why language aspects are so important in the assessment of readiness for formal reading, even where the start is based on sight methods. Activities with the objectives of establishing auditory perception begin early and precede the emergence of speech. This chapter is concerned with the auditory function most directly related to reading skill. As the pupil prepares for phonic word-attack skills, he needs to become more analytically aware of sound. The linking of auditory input to motor output helps in the integration of channels and is related to reading and writing techniques as well as to skills to be developed in the written form of language. Auditory sequence activities with increasing intervals between model and repetition, or reproducing after matching model is removed.
