The effectiveness of phonics in students' English vocabulary reading in primary ESL class /
Title:
The effectiveness of phonics in students' English vocabulary reading in primary ESL class /
Collection:
Student Projects
Publication Information:
2017
Author(s):
Yang, YIlian
Format:
Book
Description:
The present study evaluated the effects of Read Write Inc. Phonics, which is a program based on synthetic phonics, on first grade students' English vocabulary reading in Hong Kong context, and discussed implications of teaching phonics to primary students. The study adopted a single case study involving a pre- and post-test design. Students were asked to read 20 pseudowords, including 61 sounds in total in each test. Paired-samples t-tests were used to compare students' performance before and after the phonics instruction. The results showed a significant increase in vocabulary reading accuracy from pre-test (M = 11.1, SD = 9.9) to post-test (M = 38.6, SD = 8.69) and thus suggested a significantly large, positive effect of synthetic phonics instruction on vocabulary reading (d = 2.90). The researcher further noted that teachers should also pay attention to the development of students' three skills, namely, blending, decoding and analogy skills when teaching phonics to primary students
Call Number:
LG51.H43 hp BEd(EL) 2017eb Yangy
Permanent URL:
https://educoll.lib.eduhk.hk/records/84br0AaQ