Effects of a voice recognition system on phonological awareness and reading skills in Spanish preschool children

Autor: María A. Mayor-Cinca, Manuel García-Fernández, Begoña Zubiauz de Pedro, Alejandro Tuñas-García, María-Luz Fernández-Amado, Manuel Peralbo-Uzquiano
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación. 3:131-139
ISSN: 2386-7418
DOI: 10.17979/reipe.2016.3.2.1903
Popis: The main aim of this research is to analyse the effects of a Voice Recognition System (VRS) used for improving phonological awareness and reading skills of preschool children. A quasi-experimental pre/post-test design with non-equivalent control group was used in third year of preschool education. The pupils (n=18) were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. The experimental group received seven training sessions on the use of VRS. The pre/post-test evaluation of phonological awareness and reading skills was carried out by LolEva, a test in a software format (Peralbo et al., 2015). Our results show a significant improvement in the experimental group in connection with phonemic and syllabic awareness. Improvements were also observed, although not statistically significant, in reading skills.
Databáze: OpenAIRE