Journal of English Language Teaching

Effectiveness of Structured Reading Programme (SRP) to teach Vowel Sounds in English Language through Expository Method

Leena George

Research Scholar, Child Development, Department of Home Science and Centre for Research, St Teresa’s College, Ernakulam- 682011, Affliated to MG University, Kottayam, Kerala

Dr. Dhanya N

Associate Professor, Child Development, Department of Home Science and Centre for Research, St Teresa’s College, Ernakulam- 682011, Affliated to MG University, Kottayam, Kerala

Keywords: Exposition method, diphthongs, teaching vowel, Phonemic Isolation, Phonemic Segmentation, Phonemic Blending

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Abstract

The research assumes that improving one’s phonemic awareness, alphabetic awareness, and word study/decoding skills can help one recognise words more easily. The main objective of Structured Reading Programme (SRP) was to give pupils practical phonemic awareness and word study skills. The strata of the study were constructed using a sample of 70 lower primary school students belonging to class I and II. A pre-test measure, a treatment (SRP), and a post-test were all included in the researcher’s quasi experiment, one-group, pre-testpost-test design. There was a statistically significant difference between the pre-test mean score and the post-test mean score, according to the results. Inferential statistics revealed that teaching vowel sounds through exposition was beneficial among Lower elementary children.

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