The present article is a concise review of researches addressing the links between morphological awareness and learning reading. This review points out that morphological awareness actually contributes to learning reading (both at the level of decoding skills installation and at the level of comprehension development). However, it seems that there are different aspects of morphological awareness which are bound to decoding and comprehension capacities. Further researches must be, thus, carried out to better highlight the respective roles of each of the components of morphological awareness.
morphological awareness; learning to read; decoding; comprehension