Mia le Roux|Salomé Geertsema|Heila Jordaan|D. J. Prinsloo
Phonemic awareness of English second language learners
University of Pretoria|University of Pretoria|University of the Witwatersrand|University of Pretoria
pa skills phonological blending segmentation auditory word discrimination relate directly literacy may weak english second language el2 learners south africa literacy skills found poor especially el2 learnersthe purpose paper determine effects vowel perception production intervention phonemic awareness pa literacy skills setswana first language l1 learners learners english second language el2 learners grade 3the present study employed quasiexperimental pretestposttest designthe findings lowliteracy skill levels concurred previous investigations however posttest results intervention pa seemed improve literacy skills el2 learnerspa skills crucial part literacy curriculum south africa