What is not a method for assessing phonological awareness?

Subjective grading is not a method for assessing phonological awareness because it involves personal judgment rather than objective measurement of a student's skills. In contrast, methods such as phoneme segmentation, phoneme deletion, and syllable segmentation are structured and specific techniques designed to evaluate how well a learner can recognize and manipulate sounds in spoken language.

Phoneme segmentation requires students to break words down into their individual phonemes, which assesses their understanding of sound structure. Phoneme deletion involves having students identify a word after removing a specified phoneme, testing their ability to manipulate sounds within words. Syllable segmentation, on the other hand, involves breaking words into their syllables, which is also a critical aspect of phonological awareness. All these methods provide clear, quantifiable data about a student’s phonological skills, whereas subjective grading lacks this clarity and focus on sound manipulation.