Phonic Game as an Approach to Improve Letters Recognition Skills

Abstract

The first LINUS screening of reading has shown that the year 1 pupils at a rural school were struggling in grasping the basic literacy skills in reading,letter recognition. The purpose of this action research was to investigate the phonic game intervention in improving the letters recognition skill.This action research focused on 9 pupils of seven years old of the native tribe (Iban) of a school in rural area of Kapit. The data were collected with the use of pre and post-test. This research follows the Kemis and McTanggart (1988) cyclic process of research. The focused skill were the ability to identify and distinguish letters of alphabet and their ability in associating sounds with the letters of the alphabet. The findings shows that intervention with the use of Phonic game helped in improving the pupils' ability to recognize letters and the sounds of the letters of the alphabet. The pupils retain the growth and improvement in their ability to identify and distinguish letters as well as associating sounds of the letters of the alphabet by passing the K1 and K2 level in their second LINUS screening.