Date of Publication

2004

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in English Language Education

Subject Categories

English Language and Literature

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

English and Applied Linguistics

Thesis Adviser

Rosemarie L. Montañano

Defense Panel Chair

Christina Ablaza

Defense Panel Member

Maria Cusipag
Corazon Balarbar

Abstract/Summary

The study of the developmental errors in reading is a pioneer study among English speaking Filipino children. This study determines the English phonemes with highest frequency of errors among the Filipino children whose L1 is English and the factors that might have affected them to commit these errors. The final question is concerned with the correlation between the children's score in an English diagnostic test and their pronunciation errors in an oral reading test.

The participants were 104 grade 2 students from one of the private schools of a predominantly upper-middle-socio-economic village in the South of Metro Manila. The procedures include text reading, recording and coding of data to assess the pronunciation errors committed by the children. A student profile was distributed for the parents to answer to determine the factors that might have affected them to commit errors. The final question concerning the relationship of their score in an English diagnostic test was correlated with their phonological errors. The results show that the phonemes with the highest frequency or errors are the th, ed, ph, sh, p, t, s, r, a, o, e, i, u, o and letter vowel combinations like oo, uie, eau, ea, ai, ua. The strong association of the linguistic environment which includes both home and school as well as the effect of other languages that might have affected them to commit these errors were recognized. The result of the correlation proves that there is a little or insignificant relationship between their score in an English diagnostic test and pronunciation errors in an oral reading test.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Accession Number

CDTG003691

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Keywords

English language—Errors of usage; Reading comprehension; Language and languages--Study and teaching--Error analysis; English language--Errors of usage

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