An Action Study on Combining Alphabet Phonics Teaching and English Picture Books to Promote Phonemic Awareness for the Third-grade Students in the Elementary School

• Main Authors: YI-LU TSAI, 蔡怡汝
• Other Authors: Pey-Ru Yen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9n9kvu

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 教師專業碩士學位學程 === 103 === Abstract The purpose of this action research was designed to explore English phonemic awareness for the third-grade sudents in the elementary school when combining alphabet phonics teaching and English picture books in English teaching. In addition, in this study, the researcher would like to obtain the professional growth. The study was an action research and the research period was three months from the end of September to the end of December in 2014, a total of 51 courses. The objects were tewnty third-grade students in the elementary school. The main instrucrtion in this study was to combine alphabet phonics teaching and English picture books. The researcher evaluated students' phonemic awareness through the phonemic awareness assessment, and this collected data was analyzed by the statistical software SPSS, with paired sample t-test. Furtherrmore, the researcher evaluated class observation and teaching reflection, interviews and students' feedback . After conducting two cycles of action research, the conclusions of the study were summarized as follows: 1. Eglish picture books with lots of phonics and spelling promoted students' performance of phonemic awareness significantly. 2. Building the environment of English phonemic awareness promoted students' performance of phonemic awareness significantly. 3. Combining alphabet phonics teaching and English picture books promoted students' performance of phonemic awareness significantly. 4. Using phonics and alphabet phonics teaching promoted students' phonics ability. 5. Pictures of English picture books and students' life experience can help students understand words and sentences. Besides, some suggestions were given for English teachers, text-book editors, and future research. Keywords: English picture books, phonemic awareness, alphabet phonics teaching