Reader’s Theatre: To Enhance Reading Amongst Pre-School Readers
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 7
Abstract
This article presents a study of the use of Reader’s Theatre in English lessons with groups of 5 year old preschool children. Reader’s Theatre has been implemented to investigate its effectiveness towards improving fluency and comprehension skills of preschool children in Malaysia. Data was collected from 6 preschool children in the District of Shah Alam, Selangor. The study is based on the teacher’s logs, interviews with the teacher, and lesson observations. Most of the children struggle with English as their second language and are struggling readers. However, the majority of the children experienced Reader’s Theatre as both enjoyable and educational. The experience had a positive effect on their confidence and motivation to read. It also helped to improve their reading fluency and accuracy for example pronunciation, and facilitated growth in vocabulary. The experience of practising and performing as a group was especially satisfying and motivating for the children involved. Therefore, Reader’s Theatre instruction is beneficial to increase fluency skill for the preschool children in Malaysia and thus recommended as part of literacy enhancement in the preschool classroom.
Authors and Affiliations
Syarul Azlina Bt Dato' Haji Sikandar, En Zolkipli Bin Haji Abdullah, Sumathi Maniam Raj
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- EP ID EP563004
- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i7/4319
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