UZUNKOL, Ebru Sakarya Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Turkey

A Case Study for Identifying and Overcoming the Problems Encountered During the Fluent Reading Process

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This research aims to specify the mistakes of a third grade elementary school student who has a reading disability within a reading period and perform practices to correct these mistakes. This study has been conducted according to a holistic single case descriptive study approach. On the data acquisition level, we benefitted from the Error Analysis Inventory adapted by Akyol (2010) and created by Harris and Sipay (1990), Ekwall and Shanker (1988) and May (1986) and a video recording. Word drills, echo reading, repeated reading, shared reading and paired reading strategies were applied. Before starting the study it had been observed that the student reads quite slowly and tends to spell out, has a reading level of anxious. At the end of the study, the student’s word recognition level (94%) and comprehension level (83%) were evaluated by “Error Analysis Inventory”. As a result the student’s reading level incareased to instructional level.

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Reading , fluent reading , reading disability

Mersin University Journal Of The Faculty Of Education

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