Phonological awareness in illiterate adults/Consciencia fonologica em adultos nao alfabetizados

Purpose: to analyze the estimation of ability in phonological awareness of illiterate adults. Methods: forty four adults, over the age of twenty eight and of both sexes, participated in the survey. The adults were divided into two groups, namely: (1) illiterate, and (2) literate in childhood. The following instruments were used: Data on demographic data; Predictors of Reading Skills (THPL) test consists of tasks of rhyme, alliteration, and segmentation, administered individually and on a tablet. Results: it occurs a significant difference in estimating ability in phonological awareness between the two groups. It is noteworthy that the ability to rhyme in the task was significantly higher in adult literacy. It was observed that the task of segmenting words has been considered more difficult. The results suggest a standard of skill, namely Alliteration> rhyme> targeting. An interesting finding relates to the execution time of the task, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference with regard to the execution time of the tasks of alliteration, rhyme and segmentation between the two groups. Conclusion: when verified the correlation between runtime and skill in the task, it was revealed that the correlation did not occur in both groups the same way: the group of positive correlation literate and illiterate group of negative correlation. KEYWORDS: Reading; Phonetics; Educational Status Objetivo: analisar a estimativa da habilidade em consciencia fonologica de adultos nao alfabetizados. Metodos: participaram da pesquisa 44 adultos, de ambos os sexos, com a idade superior a 28 anos. Os adultos foram divididos em dois grupos, a saber: (1) nao alfabetizados, (2) alfabetizados na infancia. Utilizou-se os seguintes instrumentos: Ficha sobre dados sociodemograficos; Teste de Habilidades Preditoras da Leitura (THPL), composto por tarefas de rima, aliteracao e segmentacao, administrados de forma individual e em um tablet. Resultados: ocorreu diferenca significante na estimativa de habilidade em consciencia fonologica entre os dois grupos. Destaca-se que a habilidade na tarefa de rimar foi significantemente superior no grupo de adultos alfabetizados. Observou-se que a tarefa de segmentar palavras foi considerada a mais dificil. Os resultados sugerem um padrao de habilidade, a saber: Aliteracao > rima > segmentacao. Um dado interessante refere-se ao tempo de execucao da tarefa; foi verificado que houve diferenca estatisticamente significante no que se