The effect of repeated readings on the development of spelling skills of second graders

Date of Publication

11-2006

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in English Language Education

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

English and Applied Linguistics

Thesis Adviser

Carolyn D. Castro

Defense Panel Chair

Remedios Z. Miciano

Defense Panel Member

Corazon V. Balarbar
Leonisa A. Mojica

Abstract/Summary

The Repeated Readings (RR) Method (Samuels, 1979) has been found to be an effective form of reading intervention in improving automaticity in word recognition. (Grabe, 1991; Taguchi, 1997; Taguichi & Gorsuch 2002; Taguichi, Takayasu-Maass, & Gorsuch 2004), which is an essential skill in learning spelling. Similarity, reading extensively has been found to facilitate the acquisition of spelling skills among children (Hughes & Searle, 2000; Krashen, 1993 as cited in Canado, 2005). The present study investigated if the RR methods is effective in teaching children to spell unfamiliar words, and what spelling strategies they used. Second grade students (n=42) were randomly assigned to three treatment groups (Group 1= Traditional Spelling Drill; Group 2= Repeated Readings Method with Context; Group 3= Repeated Readings Method without Context) after passing a spelling test, a reading test, and standardized achievement test. An ANOVA was used to compare the mean scores of the three groups in a spelling post-test. Results showed that there was a significant difference in the mean scores of the three treatment groups. The Traditional Spelling Drill group scored significantly higher than the Repeated Readings Method without Context group. Results also showed that all three groups used analogy in spelling the target words, and that the misspelled words were given phonologically accurate spellings.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Accession Number

CDTG004378

Shelf Location

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

Physical Description

1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.

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