Improving the Phonemic Awareness Level of Selected Grade One Pupils of the Kinagunan Elementary School Using Audiovisual Materials

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

One of the programs of Department of Education is the ECARP (Every Child A Reader Program). It is a national program that addresses the thrust of DepEd to make every Filipino child a reader at his/her own level but there are many cases that a Grade one learner is promoted to Grade 2 without meeting this expectation. The researcher found out that 10 out of 24 Grade one pupils are struggling in reading because of their low phonemic awareness level. Since learning to read begins with the letters and sound, this study aimed to improve the phonemic awareness level of selected grade one pupils.

METHODS

Quasi Experimental method was used in this research. This was used to determine the phonemic awareness level of selected grade one pupils (10 out of 24 pupils who are struggling in reading) in Kinagunan Elementary School before and after using the audio visual materials. From the data collected, results were compared and analyzed in order to determine if there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test.

RESULTS

Grade one pupils demonstrated marked improvement in their phonemic awareness level by the mean of 9.7 in the pre-test and 17.5 in the post test. The 7.8 increase in the mean scores can be associated in their exposure to audio visual materials intervention. With the absolute computed t-value of 5.03 at 0.05 level of significance, the researcher noted a significant difference between selected grade 1 pupils' pre-test and post-test.

DISCUSSIONS

All the findings from the data collection support that audio-visual materials facilitate language learning. If teachers can utilize the audio-visual aids prudently, the language teaching and learning will become effective.