Term
Fall 2017
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAESL
Facilitator(s)
Trish Harvey
Content Expert
Judy Croegaert
Abstract
The research question for this paper and project was: Why is phonemic awareness important for English learners (ELs) and how can it be developed? The interest in this topic arose from observing English learners struggle with various English phonemes, especially the vowels, and the surprising difficulty of teaching students to acquire them. Research shows that phonemic awareness contributes to successful reading achievement and can affect intelligibility. English learners may struggle with phonemic awareness as phonemes that exist in English may not exist in their L1s. This paper and project focuses on native Spanish speakers and the distinction of the /i/ and /I/ phonemes, as the /I/ phoneme does not exist in Spanish and is thus often perceived as /i/. The project is a 10-lesson curricular unit aimed to teach K-1 students to both perceive and produce the /i/ and /I/ phonemes distinctly. The project is viewed as a template for further developing phonemic awareness using various phonemes with which students may struggle.
Project Type
Curriculum
Keywords
Curriculum, ESL/ ELLs, Reading, Teachers/ Teaching
Recommended Citation
Wold, Jennifer L., "Teaching And Understanding Phonemic Awareness And English Learners" (2017). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 99.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/99
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text
dc_publisher
DigitalCommons@Hamline
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application/pdf
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School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations