Improving the English literacy skills of Malaysian dyslexic children: the case of culturally responsive mobile multimedia tool
Multimedia tools are becoming convenient and efficient exercise medium for dyslexic children who need to do regular language exercises in order to overcome their neurological learning disability. This study examined a newly developed, culturally responsive mobile multimedia tool for learning Engli...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9770/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9770/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9770/1/5x.geografia-dec15-bala-bi-edam1.pdf |
| Summary: | Multimedia tools are becoming convenient and efficient exercise medium for dyslexic children who need to do
regular language exercises in order to overcome their neurological learning disability. This study examined a newly
developed, culturally responsive mobile multimedia tool for learning English among dyslexic children. The tool is
an amalgamation of both cultural and linguistic features in the context of learning English among Malaysian
dyslexic children who had different phonological process in utilizing audio capturing tool which hampered the
development of their literacy skills. The tool was developed for smartphones and tablets that could run in both
Android and IOS platforms. We conducted a test to evaluate the effectiveness of the multimedia tool using quasi
experimental method among 20 dyslexic children. The outcomes of the evaluation process revealed that the
developed mobile multimedia tool improved both writing and reading capability of the participants compared to
traditional training method. This provides evidence that the newly developed culturally responsive multimedia tool
could substantially benefit dyslexic Malaysian English learners as well as language instructors who train dyslexic
students to acquire literacy skills and attain their better learning capability. |
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