ABSTRACT
Linguistic Awareness can be defined as individuals' ability to reflect on, and match, intuitively spoken and written utterances with their knowledge of the language. This tacit knowledge can be made explicit through outward expression ranging from spontaneous self-correction to explicit reflection on the production of utterances. This means that individuals are able to abstract themselves from the normal use of language and focus their attention on the properties of the language perse (e.g. vocabulary, syntax and phonology). An important feature of Linguistic Awareness is that it is an aspect of language competence in which individual differences have been observed both in children and in adults. 2
