Studies in Educational Research and Development

Yazarlar: Kerem COŞKUN, Yücel Öksüz, Melek Baba Öztürk, Adem İci, Meşale Ayvalı

Konular:Eğitim, Bilimsel Disiplinler

Anahtar Kelimeler:Early Literacy Instruction,Phonological awareness,Lexical Awareness,Message Awareness

Özet: This research seeks to understand the interaction between reading performance and awareness of message, lexical, and phonological among seven years old children. The present research was designed in case-study, one of the qualitative research traditions. The research sample consisted of 22 seven-year-old children. The participant children’s performances were observed and written-up notes were kept.  Data were inductively analyzed. As a result of the data analysis, it was discovered that the children had a slight difficulty with recognizing larger structural units (sentences and words) but had considerable difficulty with smaller units (phonemes, syllables, and letters). Qualitative findings of the study were dealt with the Piagetian Theory and the Gestalt Theory. Findings of the research can be interpreted as that lexical and phonological awareness is more influenced by reading performance under Turkish language teaching context.

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