Miscue analysis of oral reading among non-proficient Malaysian ESL learners
Reading is a vital skill. Research has shown that proficient learners usually have a greater comprehension of the reading material. This study focuses on non-proficient learners’ oral reading as a direct method of assessing their reading ability. Miscue analysis is used as a tool to gather informati...
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| description | Reading is a vital skill. Research has shown that proficient learners usually have a greater comprehension of the reading material. This study focuses on non-proficient learners’ oral reading as a direct method of assessing their reading ability. Miscue analysis is used as a tool to gather information and measure strategies used in reading and comprehending a given material. The study investigates the types and frequencies of miscues made by learners when they orally read texts and assesses learners’ comprehension based on the oral reading through the use of multiple-choice questions. The number of miscues made and the scores for the multiple choice questions are patterned using Microsoft Excel program and are converted into percentages. This study found that when the number of miscues made by the learners reduced during the oral reading process, the scores on the comprehension section did not necessarily improve. The types of miscues made by learners were omission of words namely plural and past-tense endings of verbs, substitution of words such as the pronoun ‘she’ with ‘he’, and hesitation especially with complex words. The findings imply that learners have language problems in grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and the use of reading strategies. |
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| spelling | upm-345292018-03-27T03:38:03Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34529/ Miscue analysis of oral reading among non-proficient Malaysian ESL learners Ramakrishna Pillai, Adeena Deepa Paramasivam, Shamala Reading is a vital skill. Research has shown that proficient learners usually have a greater comprehension of the reading material. This study focuses on non-proficient learners’ oral reading as a direct method of assessing their reading ability. Miscue analysis is used as a tool to gather information and measure strategies used in reading and comprehending a given material. The study investigates the types and frequencies of miscues made by learners when they orally read texts and assesses learners’ comprehension based on the oral reading through the use of multiple-choice questions. The number of miscues made and the scores for the multiple choice questions are patterned using Microsoft Excel program and are converted into percentages. This study found that when the number of miscues made by the learners reduced during the oral reading process, the scores on the comprehension section did not necessarily improve. The types of miscues made by learners were omission of words namely plural and past-tense endings of verbs, substitution of words such as the pronoun ‘she’ with ‘he’, and hesitation especially with complex words. The findings imply that learners have language problems in grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and the use of reading strategies. TechMind Research Society 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34529/1/Miscue%20analysis%20of%20oral%20reading%20among%20non-proficient%20Malaysian%20ESL%20learners.pdf Ramakrishna Pillai, Adeena Deepa and Paramasivam, Shamala (2014) Miscue analysis of oral reading among non-proficient Malaysian ESL learners. Journal of English Language and Literature, 2 (2). pp. 179-185. ISSN 2368-2132 http://www.jellonline.com/index.php/jell/article/view/2200000078 10.17722/jell.v2i2.78 |
| spellingShingle | Ramakrishna Pillai, Adeena Deepa Paramasivam, Shamala Miscue analysis of oral reading among non-proficient Malaysian ESL learners |
| title | Miscue analysis of oral reading among non-proficient Malaysian ESL learners |
| title_full | Miscue analysis of oral reading among non-proficient Malaysian ESL learners |
| title_fullStr | Miscue analysis of oral reading among non-proficient Malaysian ESL learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Miscue analysis of oral reading among non-proficient Malaysian ESL learners |
| title_short | Miscue analysis of oral reading among non-proficient Malaysian ESL learners |
| title_sort | miscue analysis of oral reading among non-proficient malaysian esl learners |
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