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Phonemic awareness of English second language learners

BACKGROUND: The PA skills of phonological blending and segmentation and auditory word discrimination relate directly to literacy and may be weak in English second language (EL2) learners. In South Africa, literacy skills have been found to be poor in especially EL2 learners. OBJECTIVES: The purpose...

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Autores principales: le Roux, Maria, Geertsema, Salome, Jordaan, Heila, Prinsloo, Danie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5842984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28155282
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v64i1.164
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Geertsema, Salome
Jordaan, Heila
Prinsloo, Danie
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description BACKGROUND: The PA skills of phonological blending and segmentation and auditory word discrimination relate directly to literacy and may be weak in English second language (EL2) learners. In South Africa, literacy skills have been found to be poor in especially EL2 learners. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this paper is to determine the effects of vowel perception and production intervention on phonemic awareness (PA) and literacy skills of Setswana first language (L1) learners. These learners are English second language (EL2) learners in Grade 3. METHOD: The present study employed a quasi-experimental, pre-test–post-test design. RESULTS: The findings of low–literacy skill levels concurred with previous investigations. However, post-test results of intervention in PA seemed to improve the literacy skills of EL2 learners. CONCLUSION: PA skills should be a crucial part of the literacy curriculum in South Africa.
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spelling pubmed-58429842018-03-14 Phonemic awareness of English second language learners le Roux, Maria Geertsema, Salome Jordaan, Heila Prinsloo, Danie S Afr J Commun Disord Original Research BACKGROUND: The PA skills of phonological blending and segmentation and auditory word discrimination relate directly to literacy and may be weak in English second language (EL2) learners. In South Africa, literacy skills have been found to be poor in especially EL2 learners. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this paper is to determine the effects of vowel perception and production intervention on phonemic awareness (PA) and literacy skills of Setswana first language (L1) learners. These learners are English second language (EL2) learners in Grade 3. METHOD: The present study employed a quasi-experimental, pre-test–post-test design. RESULTS: The findings of low–literacy skill levels concurred with previous investigations. However, post-test results of intervention in PA seemed to improve the literacy skills of EL2 learners. CONCLUSION: PA skills should be a crucial part of the literacy curriculum in South Africa. AOSIS 2017-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5842984/ /pubmed/28155282 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v64i1.164 Text en © 2017. The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5842984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28155282
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v64i1.164
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