Use of Articulatory Pictures and Object Pictures in Phonemic Awareness Instruction
Abstract
Phonemic awareness is a crucial skill that students must acquire in learning to read and spell words. Those who have it understand how to manipulate the smallest sounds called phonemes in words. Children who struggle in learning to read have special difficulty acquiring phonemic awareness. Various multisensory instructional methods have been found to be effective to make this process easier. In this review, only studies that have used articulatory pictures and object pictures to teach phonemic awareness are considered by discussing the advantages and disadvantages of these two methods of teaching phonemic awareness. Articulatory pictures show how the mouth is positioned to produce spoken sounds. Learning to track mouth movements with pictures can help students distinguish the sequence of separate phonemes in spoken words. The motor theory of speech explains why mouth pictures are effective. Object pictures on the other hand are displayed in every classroom, for example, drawings of bear for /b/, fish for /f/, and girl for /g/. Such pictures are used to teach associations between phonemes and letters.honemic awareness is a crucial skill that students must acquire in learning to read and spell words. Those who this kill understand how to manipulate the smallest sounds called phonemes in words. Children who struggle in learning to read have special difficulty acquiring phonemic awareness. Various multisensory instructional methods have been found to be effective to make this process easier. In this review, only studies that have used articulatory pictures and object pictures to teach phonemic awareness are considered by discussing the advantages and disadvantages of these two methods of teaching phonemic awareness. Articulatory pictures show how the mouth is positioned to produce spoken sounds. Learning to track mouth movements with pictures can help students distinguish the sequence of separate phonemes in spoken words. The motor theory of speech explains why mouth pictures are effective. Object pictures on the other hand are displayed in every classroom, for example, drawings of bear for /b/, fish for /f/, and girl for /g/. Such pictures are used to teach associations between phonemes and letters. Advantages and disadvantages of both methods are discussed.
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