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Effect of Phonological Awareness Intervention on Literacy of Children with Hearing Impairments

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2021, 22(4), pp.175-193
  • DOI : 10.19049/JSPED.2021.22.4.08
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education
  • Received : November 4, 2021
  • Accepted : December 7, 2021
  • Published : December 31, 2021

Ryu, Sungyong 1 Park Soon Gil 2 Cho, Jeung-Ryeul 3

1담양언어학습센터
2남부대학교
3경남대학교

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ABSTRACT

Purpose] This study aimed to analyze the effects of a phonological awareness program on hearing-impaired children’s phonological awareness and literacy. furthermore, this study aimed to provide basic information for literacy mediation of hearing-impaired children. [Method] The research subjects were three hearing-impaired children attending a general school without any cognitive deficit. to measure the subjects’ level of phonological awareness, a phonological awareness test among The korean test of literacy diagnosis developed was used. In addition, word reading test, word reading fluency test, and word dictation test among The korean test of literacy diagnosis developed were used, and reading comprehension test among Korea Test of Language and Literacy Skills developed was used to measure their literacy. As for the target vocabulary of phonological awareness program, considering the children’s age and interest, a phonological awareness task was made in the level of words, syllables, and phonemes, with application of mediation consisting of 18 sessions (one 40-minute session per week). The children’s improvement in phonological awareness ability and literacy was measured using pre-post tests. [Results] implementing a phonological awareness program resulted in the improvement of the hearing-impaired children’s phonological awareness. Additionally, the hearing-impaired children’s literacy was also generally improved. [Conclusion] The research results show that phonological awareness mediation improves hearing-impaired children’s literacy including word reading, word reading fluency, word writing, and reading comprehension, as well as phonological awareness ability. Therefore, phonological awareness mediation is necessary for the improvement of hearing-impaired children’s literacy.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.