Using systematic synthetic phonics as an approach for early literacy: The case of rural indigenous children / Yap Jia Rong
The majority of empirical research into systematic phonics was focused on native speakers of the English Language. Little evidence has been collected to prove its effectiveness with audiences who are English Language Learners (ELL). The purpose of this quantitative randomized comparison experimen...
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5425/ http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5425/1/Content.pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5425/2/Preface.pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5425/3/Title_Page.pdf |
| Summary: | The majority of empirical research into systematic phonics was focused on
native speakers of the English Language. Little evidence has been collected to prove its
effectiveness with audiences who are English Language Learners (ELL). The purpose
of this quantitative randomized comparison experimental study was to determine if
systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) instruction records a better improvement than the
KSSR phonics in the reading fluency and spelling ability of Year-2 primary school
children of the indigenous tribe from the rural parts in Sarawak, Malaysia. Five
instruments, (1) productive letter-sound test (PLST), (2) free-sound isolation test
(FSIT), (3) reading test (RT), (4) spelling test (ST) and (5) oral-reading fluency test
(ORFT) were administered to measure phonemic awareness, decoding, reading and
spelling ability. Data were collected from pretest, immediate posttest and 3-week lapsed
posttest. The participants in the experimental and control groups received 40 sessions of
SSP and KSSR phonics training respectively. Both conditions used synthetic phonics.
The SSP training was done in phases and stages, whilst the KSSR phonics training
adhered to the practices specified in the ‘Standard Document’ and pupil’s textbook. The
results demonstrated that both groups recorded significant improvement in reading and
spelling, but children’s performance in the experimental group surpassed the control
group significantly. Thus, the strategy of systematic synthetic phonics should be
implemented in classrooms to help develop children’s early reading fluency and
spelling ability. |
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