KESKİN, Hasan Kağan , BAŞTUĞ, Muhammet , AKYOL, Hayati

Oral Reading and Speech Prosody: A Relational Study

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The present study, which was carried out in relational screening model, aims to analyze the relationship between fourth graders oral reading and speech prosody. The participants included 50 fourth graders studying in Konya and Afyonkarahisar. Students oral reading and speech were video-recorded and these records were scored by means of scales. Pearson Product Moment Correlation technique was used in order to examine the relationship between oral reading and speech prosody. The results pointed to a medium-level positive relationship between students oral reading and speech prosody. Students oral reading and speech prosody scores were analyzed separately in terms of sex; a significant difference was not found between female and male students means. In addition, some measurements were done with a view to determining prosodic level in oral reading and speech. The results revealed that 52% of the students had low level oral reading prosody while 48% had low level speech prosody.

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prosody , reading , speech prosody , prosody scale

Mersin University Journal Of The Faculty Of Education

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