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Utilization Of Phoneme-Grapheme Relative Frequency Data As An Effective Method Of Developing Reading Materials For Navajo Students, Wesley K. Roberts
Utilization Of Phoneme-Grapheme Relative Frequency Data As An Effective Method Of Developing Reading Materials For Navajo Students, Wesley K. Roberts
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This thesis suggests a new method of developing reading materials for Navajo students. The core of this method is based on phoneme- grapheme relative frequency correspondence data.
A short story was phonetically edited and rewritten using the phoneme-grapheme relative frequency method. This short story was one of the major products of the thesis.
This short story and three other short stories previously phonically rewritten, were presented in both this form and in original text to 38 Navajo students for reading.
Reading speed and reading comprehension were measured for each student on the short stories. The students performed with superior reading …