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Shomal Prabhashni Chandra; Satish Prakash Chand – Reading Psychology, 2024
This action research study aimed to improve reading with understanding in a lower primary classroom in Fiji. Five emergent readers were selected through an examination of class running records. Peer observation, student worksheets, and class running records were utilized to collect data. The data analysis revealed that when teachers implement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction
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Agegnehu, Abiy Zewdu; Bachore, Mebratu Mulatu; Ayele, Zeleke Arficho – Cogent Education, 2023
The present study aimed to assess whether a training-based intervention using an explicit rime-based phonics method improves the phonological awareness outcomes of EFL children in Ethiopia. The participants were two sections of 3rd grade children (N = 70) from two public primary schools in Hawassa, Ethiopia. A quasi-experimental research design…
Descriptors: Phonics, Phonological Awareness, Foreign Countries, Intervention
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Mtshali, Zanele; Mashiya, Nontokozo – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2022
Background: Teaching English as home language (EHL) could be a complicated process in a country like South Africa, where there are eleven official languages operating in a multicultural society. This requires capacitating teachers with appropriate and relevant strategies to strengthen their teaching, especially in the foundation phase. Aim: This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Coleman, Kamarrie Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This comparative case study explains the perspectives, experiences, and instructional contexts of teachers working with English Learners (EL) in Grades 3-5 to plan, deliver, and assess Second Language Morphological Awareness (L2MA) across three different program models. ELs have experienced low levels of reading comprehension since the inception…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Morphology (Languages), Elementary School Students, Grade 3
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Zipke, Marcy – First Language, 2016
The ability to flexibly approach the pronunciation of unknown words, or set "for variability", has been shown to contribute to word recognition skills. However, this is the first study that has attempted to teach students strategies for increasing their set for variability. Beginning readers (N = 15) were instructed to correct oral…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Control Groups, Spelling, Word Recognition
Arellano, Elizabeth Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the effectiveness of a targeted early literacy intervention among Spanish-speaking kindergarten English Learners (ELs). Using a Response to Intervention (RtI) framework, participants were screened in English to ensure a need for additional literacy support. Selected students were then screened in Spanish, and students with…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Literacy Education, Phonics, Native Language