The Relationship between the Phonological Awareness Skills and Reading Skills of the First Year Students at Primary School

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the phonological awareness skills and reading skills of the first-grade students at a primary school. The participants of the study are 126 first-grade students attending to two primary schools in Ankara. In the study, the phonological awareness and reading skills of the students were measured at the beginning of the fall semester. Students' reading and reading comprehension skills were measured three times: in the middle and at the end of the fall semester and in the middle of the spring semester. It was investigated whether or not the scores of primary school first-grade students on the phonological awareness scale predict their scores on the reading and reading comprehension scale.