Proficiency in Phonological Awareness Performed by Bangladeshi Children with Intellectual Disabilities
Md Asiqur Islam Anik¹, Fatima Alam²
¹ Audiologist and Speech-Language pathologist, Society for Education and Care of Hearing Impaired Children of Bangladesh (HICARE) ² Senior Lecturer, Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Proyash Institute of Special Education and Research (PISER)
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PISER JOURNAL | Volume 1 | Issue 1 | 2024
Abstract
This study analyzes the phonological awareness of children with intellectual impairments in Bangladesh. This study’s data was collected from Proyash School, Dhaka Cantonment. The participants of this study were eight children with Intellectual Disabilities ranging from 8 to 12 years. The data was extracted using phonological skill tasks such as Rhyme detection, Alliteration, Syllable segmentation, and first sound detection. One set of questions which is both open and closed-ended was used to extract data from the children’s class teacher. The finding of this research suggests that Bengali children with intellectual disabilities have phonological awareness skills deficiency. The results show that they have significantly poor skills in phonological awareness. That may hinder different types of development, language deficiency, reading deficiency, as well as general conversation deficiency, etc. Their class teacher has mentioned that they can improve their phonological skill if they have proper guidance and environment.
Keywords: Phonological awareness skills, intellectual disabilities, phonological awareness, special child
