International Journal of Academic Pedagogical Research (IJAPR)
  Year: 2022 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 7 | Page No.: 27-35
Effect Of Silent Reading And Reading Aloud Strategies On Reading Skills Of Student With Dyslexia In Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria Download PDF
Adedayo ADESOKAN Ph.D

Abstract:
Children with dyslexia are student who are diagnosed with reading difficulties these students with reading difficulties often fall behind peers and demonstrate difficulties in that are expected in relation to age, cognitive ability, quantity and quality of instruction and intervention. These problems faced by students with dyslexia have contributed to poor reading skill in reading. In an effort to solve this problem faced by student with dyslexia. The study investigated the effect of silent reading and reading aloud strategies on reading skills of student with dyslexia in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara state, Nigeria. The study adopted pre-test, post-test, quasi experimental research design. A total number of 60 junior secondary school students made up the sample of this study and were purposively sampled. The instruments used for this study were checklist for identifying reading difficulties and reading skill test, four hypotheses were raised and tested at 0.05 significant levels. Data gathered were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The study revealed that silent reading strategy had significant main effect on reading skills of student with dyslexia also, the study revealed that reading aloud strategy had significant main effect on reading skills of students with dyslexia. the finding also revealed that three was significant main effect of gender on reading skill of students with dyslexia. lastly, the result showed that there was no significant interaction effect of gender, silent reading, reading aloud strategies on reading skill of student with dyslexia. Hence the study recommended that English teachers should make use of silent reading and reading aloud strategies while teaching English to student with dyslexia.