Phonemic awareness of English second language learners

dc.contributor.authorLe Roux, Maria (Mia)
dc.contributor.authorGeertsema, Salome
dc.contributor.authorJordaan, Heila
dc.contributor.authorPrinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953-
dc.contributor.emailmia.leroux@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-16T08:57:11Z
dc.date.available2018-02-16T08:57:11Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-30
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND : 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.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSpeech-Language Pathology and Audiologyen_ZA
dc.description.departmentAfrican Languages
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is based on the research supported in part by the National Research Foundation of South Africa (UNIQUE GRANT No: 92701).en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajcd.org.za/index.php/SAJCDen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLe Roux, M., Geertsema, S., Jordaan, H., & Prinsloo, D. (2017). Phonemic awareness of English second language learners. South African Journal of Communication Disorders 64(1), a164. https://DOI.org/ 10.4102/sajcd.v64i1.164.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0379-8046 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2225-4765 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/sajcd.v64i1.164
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/64008
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS OpenJournalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectPA skillsen_ZA
dc.subjectLiteracy skillsen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectEnglish second language (ESL)en_ZA
dc.subjectPhonemic awareness (PA)en_ZA
dc.subjectVowel perceptionen_ZA
dc.subjectProduction interventionen_ZA
dc.subjectSetswana first language learnersen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHumanities articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.titlePhonemic awareness of English second language learnersen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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