Ice Cream Letter Sounds: Developing Phonemic Awareness among Kindergarten Pupils in Taysan Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The study was conducted by the researcher to enhance understanding on phonemic awareness among kindergarten pupils in Taysan Elementary School. The results obtained will be of great help to pupils who are enrolled in Taysan Elementary School as well as to the teachers to determine the factors that affects the development of their phonemic awareness.

METHODS

The descriptive method was used in this study having 25 pupils who enrolled in Taysan Elementary School as respondents. The method was applied which involves collecting of data in order to test the hypothesis or answer questions concerning the current status of the subject of the study. The researcher used the proposed strategy through implementing it during teaching letter sounds. This study also points out the nature of the situation as it exists at the same time and explores other method most suitable in learning.

RESULTS

The researchers found out that using this strategy means efficient aid in teaching literacy in kindergarten. This strategy can be applied in teaching initial sounds of a word. The implementation of the activity was guided by researchers made rubrics for genuine evaluation on the learner's response. Seventy-six percent of the pupils answered the activities near to perfection and achieved the high score of 9 points. Twenty-one percent of the pupils attained the verbal interpretation of average with 7 points and 3% of the pupils attained the verbal interpretation of low performance that the researchers gave extra activities to master the lesson among the pupils. The proposed action plan covers activities to develop the phonemic awareness of kindergarten pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

The information gathered from the study will give insights to teachers and pupils on how this strategy will develop the phonemic awareness among kindergarten pupils. It also serves as reference to other teachers to experience the same problems with their pupils. The emphasis of the school-based study is focused on the use of various activities to develop phonemic awareness of kindergarten learners. The output of the study pertained to the supplementary materials to enrich the teaching of Language and Literacy.