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The PhonicStick and Language play: Can the PhonicStick be used for the purpose of enabling language play and thereby promote phonological awareness in children with Down's syndrome?
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Logopedi.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Logopedi.
2009 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Research shows that phonological processing skill is the greatest single predictor for reading ability and it is agreed that phonological awareness specific tasks correlate positively with literacy acquisition in typically developing children. Children with Down’s syndrome are at risk for reading acquisition difficulties, primarily because of their reduced phonological awareness and a phonological awareness based approach to literacy has been shown to be beneficial for them. The aim of the present study was to investigate if the PhonicStick can be used to initiate interest in language play in children with Down’s syndrome, in order to stimulate their reduced phonological awareness. Six children with Down’s syndrome between five and 15 years of age, currently enrolled within the UK educational system, were recruited to participate in six sessions; two sessions of pre- and post testing of their phonological awareness, and four intervention sessions with the PhonicStick. During the intervention sessions, the ability to remember the six phonemes of the PhonicStick, to generate three-phoneme combinations, to produce given target real words or non-words and to perform in phoneme substitution tasks using the PhonicStick were investigated. The results of this study show that the PhonicStick, with advantage, can be used to introduce and enhance phonological awareness in children with Down’s syndrome and that an increase in phonological awareness is possible even during a short time of practise with the PhonicStick. Since children with Down’s syndrome benefit from a phonological awareness based approach to literacy, practising phonological awareness skills through language play with the PhonicStick might also have a future positive effect on their literacy acquisition.

Abstract [sv]

Tidigare forskning visar att fonologisk medvetenhet är den främsta prediktorn för läs- och skrivkunnighet och att övning i fonologisk medvetenhet korrelerar positivt med läs- och skrivinlärning hos barn med typisk läs- och skrivutveckling. Barn med Downs syndrom riskerar att utveckla läs- och skrivsvårigheter framförallt till följd av nedsatt fonologisk medvetenhet och det har även visats att en metod för läs- och skrivinlärning baserad på fonologisk medvetenhet, kan gagna dem. Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka om the PhonicStick kan användas för att initiera intresse till språklek hos barn med Downs syndrom, med avsikt att stimulera deras fonologiska medvetenhet. Sex barn med Downs syndrom, i åldrarna fem till 15 år, inskrivna i det brittiska skolsystemet, medverkade i två sessioner bestående av pre- och post testning av fonologisk medvetenhet, och fyra interventionssessioner med the PhonicStick. Under interventionssessionerna undersöktes förmågan att komma ihåg placering av fonem hos the PhonicStick och med den generera kombinationer av fonem (dvs. ord), generera givna målord och substituera fonem i ord. Resultaten visar att the PhonicStick med fördel kan användas för att introducera och öka den fonologiska medvetenheten hos barn med Downs syndrom och att en ökning är möjlig även efter kort tids träning. Eftersom en metod för läs- och skrivinlärning baserat på fonologisk medvetenhet gagnar barn med Downs syndrom skulle övning av fonologisk medvetenhet genom språklekar med the PhonicStick även kunna ha en långsiktig positiv inverkan på deras läs- och skrivkunnighet.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2009. , p. 48
Keywords [en]
Down's syndrome, phonological awareness, literacy acquisition, the PhonicStick, language play
Keywords [sv]
Downs syndrom, fonologisk medvetenhet, läs- och skrivutveckling, the PhonicStick, språklek
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Neurology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-128583OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-128583DiVA, id: diva2:331356
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Available from: 2010-08-19 Created: 2010-07-22 Last updated: 2010-08-19Bibliographically approved

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