EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE APPROACH ON LITERACY SKILLS OF LEARNERS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN JOS METROPOLIS, PLATEAU STATE
- Project Research
- 1-5 Chapters
- Abstract : Available
- Table of Content: Available
- Reference Style: APA
- Recommended for : Student Researchers
- NGN 3000
ABSTRACT
The problem of this study stemmed from the observation of issues surrounding the literacy development of learners with intellectual disabilities. Research has it that those learners who fall into this group have sub-average intellectual functioning (between less than 20 < 70 IQ range). Due to the nature of the configuration of their brain, they have some challenges which are manifest in limited vocabulary, poor reading comprehension, weak expressive and receptive skills and limited writing skills. As a result of these challenges, learners with intellectual disabilities hardly can go beyond grade six in academic functioning. Though they may be opportuned to observe or listen to literacy information, they often remain limited in their ability to retain the essential information and express and retell events in logical sequence. This research was designed to examine the effects of Language Experience Approach on literacy skills of learners with intellectual disabilities (ID) in Jos metropolis, Plateau State. The study was an experimental research that employed randomized pretestposttest control group design. The research design involved formation of sample (two sets of learners with identical characteristics – experimental and control groups), and assignment of subjects to groups was through randomization (R). The population of the study focused on level six (primary one) learners with intellectual disabilities. The sample for intervention comprised of twenty learners adopted as a purposive sample. They were essentially non-readers and had mild and moderate degrees of intellectual disabilities. The instruments were the Sight Word Vocabulary Test, Umolu’s Informal Reading Inventory (U-IRI) and Scale for Developmental Milestone. The treatment consisted of language experience intervention program involving sight vocabulary, literal reading comprehension, writing, receptive and expressive language skills. The test re-test reliability index was used to estimate the stability and internal consistency xiv of the instruments. The Sight Word Vocabulary Test had a reliability index of 0.87, Umolu’s Informal Reading Inventory had an index of 0.86, while the Scale for Developmental Milestone had an index of 0.93 respectively. The statistical techniques used were descriptive and inferential statistics involving mean scores, standard deviation, t-Test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results showed that language experience approach enhanced the literacy skills of learners with intellectual disabilities. The receptive and expressive language skills of learners with intellectual disabilities improved after treatment and learners with mild degree of intellectual disabilities comprehended better than those with moderate degree of intellectual disabilities. The implication of this study is that language experience approach can be used to enhance the literacy development of learners with intellectual disabilities.
Related Project Materials
CHALLENGES OF PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS TO PEACE-BUILDING IN LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE
ABSTRACT
This study focuses on the challenges of proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) to peace-building in Liberia and Si...
EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT
Abstract
This study is on effects of social media on academic performance of secondary school student. The total populat...
TERRORISM AND NIGERIA'S EXTERNAL IMAGE UNDER GOODLUCK JONATHAN’S ADMINISTRATION
ABSTRACT
During the administration of Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, there was a marked increase in the...
WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE AMONG INFORMAL SECTOR PRACTITIONERS
Abstract
Out-of-pocket payment dominates the bulk of health care financing in Osun State as in other parts of Nigeria. P...
THE IMPACT OF ADVERTISING ON BUSINESS PROFITABILITY
ABSTRACT
This topic is a study on the Impact of Advertising on Business Profitability (A case study of...
THE UN AND THE GULF CRISIS, 1990-1999 (A CRITIQUE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY)
Background of the study
"Emotion, not intellect, is the dynamic of history," as H. N. Brailsford has observed....
POSSIBLE TELECONNECTION BETWEEN THE INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE (IOD) AND RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION OVER NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has some level of control over the weather of Nigeria and Africa seasonally but there ha...
THE ROLE OF COOPERATIVE IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN KADUNA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
ABSTRACT
The only way people can maximize benefit of limited resources to their reach is by self-reliance. Therefore there is need for pe...
INEQUALITY AND TAXATION IN NIGERIA (1987-2017)
ABSTRACT
This research work evaluates the Impact of Taxation on Inequality in Nigeria from (1987-2017). From our finding...
PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN BUNUNU WARD OF DASS LGA OF BAUCHI STATE
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on Psychosocial assessment of people living with hiv/aids in bununu...
