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A Comparison Of Language And Literacy Training Programs In Children In The First Year Of Primary School In Lusaka, Zambia

Selemani, Chisomo Kimberly
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1406728953

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2014, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Communication Sciences.
Historically, Zambian pupils have performed poorly on regional and national literacy examinations despite the best efforts of various stakeholders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in regular classroom instruction and two treatment approaches, a clinician-directed approach and a home program, in literacy acquisition in 7 participants from Lusaka, Zambia. This is a single-subject multiple baseline study. The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) was used as the assessment measure. Activities from the Ladders to Literacy Kindergarten Activity Workbook comprised the intervention protocol. Results indicated that participants in treatment groups experienced greater improvements than controls on DIBELS tasks. Children who received an intervention focused on training phonological awareness skills performed better than children receiving regular classroom instruction. More research should be developed to continue to investigate appropriate literacy training protocols for Zambian children.
Barbara Lewis, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Angela Ciccia, Dr. (Committee Member)
Kathryn McNeal (Committee Member)
62 p.
Literacy
literacy acquisition, Zambia, multilingualism, phonological awareness

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  • Selemani, C. K. (2014). A Comparison Of Language And Literacy Training Programs In Children In The First Year Of Primary School In Lusaka, Zambia [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1406728953

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Selemani, Chisomo Kimberly. A Comparison Of Language And Literacy Training Programs In Children In The First Year Of Primary School In Lusaka, Zambia. 2014. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1406728953.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Selemani, Chisomo Kimberly. "A Comparison Of Language And Literacy Training Programs In Children In The First Year Of Primary School In Lusaka, Zambia." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1406728953

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