2. d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Learners The growing body of research has provided better understanding of the benefits of Visual Phonics. Studies have indicated that Visual Phonics is a favorable educational tool to teach phonemic awareness, letter-sound relationship, and speech production (Beal-Alvarez et al., 2011; Guardino, Syverud, Joyner, Nicols, & King, 2011; Narr, 2008; Syverud et al., 2009; Trezek et al., 2007). The focal point of studies on Visual Phonics is younger students such as preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders, and it has stated that Visual Phonics is most appropriate for elementary grade students because they are learning to read. However, the study shows that the phonological growth by middle school d/Dhh students
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Early years of reading instruction are crucial because success or failure during these years is a strong predictor of later success. For example, Cunningham and Stanovich (1997) examined reading skills of first graders, and ten years later, they reached half of the same students and administered their reading abilities. They discovered that first grade reading skill had significant influence on the 11th grade reading ability. Therefore, reading problems should be solved during the early years. Phonemic awareness and letter-sound relationships have to be mastered at the beginning of reading instructions, and Visual Phonics can be used to teach these skills. Several studies provided evidence that Visual Phonics is a stunning teaching …show more content…
Ten d/Dhh students who attended kindergarten through third grade were examined for this study. Students and the teachers were familiar with the Visual Phonics that had been instructed for at least one and a half years. At the beginning of the study, the author created the hypotheses that there was a positive correlation between Visual Phonics with phonological awareness and decoding tasks. All students, who participated in this study, completed tests with greater than the chance performance scores that was also above the average of d/Dhh students reading
Early years of reading instruction are crucial because success or failure during these years is a strong predictor of later success. For example, Cunningham and Stanovich (1997) examined reading skills of first graders, and ten years later, they reached half of the same students and administered their reading abilities. They discovered that first grade reading skill had significant influence on the 11th grade reading ability. Therefore, reading problems should be solved during the early years. Phonemic awareness and letter-sound relationships have to be mastered at the beginning of reading instructions, and Visual Phonics can be used to teach these skills. Several studies provided evidence that Visual Phonics is a stunning teaching …show more content…
Ten d/Dhh students who attended kindergarten through third grade were examined for this study. Students and the teachers were familiar with the Visual Phonics that had been instructed for at least one and a half years. At the beginning of the study, the author created the hypotheses that there was a positive correlation between Visual Phonics with phonological awareness and decoding tasks. All students, who participated in this study, completed tests with greater than the chance performance scores that was also above the average of d/Dhh students reading