Phonological awareness is important to independent literacy and should be tackled in the classroom to promote early reading and writing, and to address written language difficulties in older children. This work explains what is it and why it is so important, and explains how teachers can introduce phonological training into their classroom routines. The book aims to provide teachers with a framework within which to train phonological awareness according to specific needs defined by the age and abilities of the pupils. It incorporates current research and theory, and includes photocopiable worksheets.