The Effects of Dr. Seuss’s Books on Elementary School Students’ Phonological Awareness and Reading Attitudes

蘇斯博士繪本對國小學童聲韻覺識與閱讀態度之影響

10.6902/JNTUST.201512_2(1).0003

傅盈菁(Ying-Ching Fu)；賴雅俐(Ya-Li Lai)

蘇斯博士繪本 ； 聲韻覺識 ； 閱讀態度 ； Dr. Seuss’s books ； phonological awareness ； reading attitudes

中科大學報

2卷1期（2015 / 12 / 01）

51 - 80

英文

本研究旨在探討使用蘇斯博士繪本提昇國小學童聲韻覺識與英語閱讀態度之成效。以桃園市近郊某國小115名三年級學童為研究對象，每週在老師引導下學童朗讀蘇斯博士繪本及進行聲韻教學活動。十二週後進行量化與質化資料分析，根據聲韻覺識能力前測與後測結果顯示，六種聲韻覺識能力（韻腳覺識、字首音覺識、字尾音覺識、音素結合、音素分解、音素操作）的提升達顯著效果，而從學童答對題數前後測百分比之對照分析，音素操作的進步最為明顯；閱讀態度問卷前後測結果顯示學童的英文閱讀態度則未達顯著差異。此外，根據與學童的訪談資料分析，多數學童因插圖和情節有趣而喜歡閱讀或聆聽老師朗讀蘇斯博士繪本。本研究結果肯定蘇斯博士繪本可以在實施朗讀活動及進行聲韻教學活動時，用於發展和加強學童的聲韻覺識能力。

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Dr. Seuss’s books on elementary school students’ phonological awareness and reading attitudes, using both quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data was collected from the phonological awareness tests and the reading attitude survey, while the qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews with students and teaching journals. Paired-sample t tests were employed to analyze 115 participating students’ pretest and posttest scores. The results reveal that the twelve-week read aloud activities and phonological awareness instruction were found to have statistically significant effects in all the six parts of the phonological awareness test: rhyme awareness, beginning sound awareness, final sound awareness, phoneme blending, phoneme segmentation, and phonemic manipulation. The results of the survey on the students’ English reading attitudes, however, did not show significant improvement. Based on the data from interviews, most of the students liked to read aloud or to be read aloud Dr. Seuss’s books. The findings of this study proved the value of the utilization of Dr. Seuss’s beginner reader books in phonological awareness instruction, where the phonological awareness skills could be developed and enhanced in a reading context and through a series of organized and research-based activities.

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