Abstract
Activities aimed at literacy preparation in the pre-school period are an important factor in the creation of a basis for the teaching of formal reading. This study aims to define the characteristics of education programs that support the development of literacy skills in hearing-impaired children, and are applied in groups in the pre-school period. To this end, a qualitative case study was applied, during which research data was garnered through teacher interviews, participant observations, documentation, records of the validity and reliability committee, and a researcher journal. The study data was analyzed through a descriptive analysis and themes were determined. The research results show that the application of various in-group activities allows the relationship between oral language and print to be emphasized, and these activities can be organized in such a way that they support the use of such tools as sight words, phonological awareness, syntax and semantics.
Keywords: Hearing-impaired child, Pre-school period, Literacy activities, Group activites
Copyright and license
Copyright © 2014 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite
Karasu, H. (2014). Group Activities for Literacy Preparation during the Pre-School Period of Hearing-Impaired Children. Education and Science, 39(174). https://doi.org/10.15390/EB.2014.2602