The Correlation Study of Real-Pseudo Words in Primary Students' Phonological Awareness

• Main Authors: Hsien-Fei Yang, 楊仙妃
• Other Authors: 楊志堅
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/18390015082818343137

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 教育測驗統計研究所 === 94 === The Correlation Study of Real- Pseudo Words in Primary Students’ Phonological Awareness Hsien-Fei Yang Abstract The study mainly investigated the correlation between English phonological awareness ability and real- pseudo words during the process of English as a foreign language learning. Differences between English phonological awareness ability and performance in real word and pseudo-word tests of primary students from different backgrounds were also studied. Five hundred and eighty-eight primary fourth grade students, 293 males and 295 females, were involved in this study. The instruments used in this study included the phonological awareness test involving two parts-real words and pseudo-words and a students’ background investigation. According to this research , the major findings included: 1. Onset and rime were the levels of English phonological awareness that students developed earlier. 2. The correlation between the phonological awareness and the pseudo-word test was higher than the one between the phonological awareness and the real-word test. 3. Females performed better than males in English phonological awareness. 4. The phonological awareness was highly affected by students’ family social-economic background and learning hours. The researcher suggests that English teachers can predict the difficulty that students will encounter by using the pseudo-words, so students can be strengthened in English phonological awareness. Besides, teachers can make up English phonological awareness training material in order to tell students’ phonological awareness ability in the future. Keywords: foreign language learning, phonological awareness, real words, pseudo-words