Open AccessTeaching English to Pakistani Mainstream School Dyslexic Students through Computer-Assisted Reading Materials
Author(s) -
Muhammad Asif Ikram Anjum,
Zahida Mansoor
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
linguistics and literature review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2409-109X
pISSN - 2221-6510
DOI - 10.32350/llr.61.02
Subject(s) - checklist , mainstream , reading (process) , dyslexia , mathematics education , test (biology) , sample (material) , psychology , descriptive statistics , learning disability , computer assisted instruction , computer science , medical education , medicine , developmental psychology , linguistics , mathematics , paleontology , philosophy , chemistry , statistics , theology , chromatography , cognitive psychology , biology
The present research aims at investigating the potential of indigenously developed computer-assisted reading materials for teaching the English language to dyslexic students of elementary level in Pakistani mainstream schools. In doing this, grade VI students from a public school were screened using the Learning Disabilities Checklist. Twenty purposively selected participants with a checklist score of 50% or more formed the study sample. Computer-assisted reading materials were designed in the light of Mayer's (2005) Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning. A two-week treatment was administered to the students in the computer lab of a public high school. Data collected from the pretest and post-test scores of the participants were analyzed using descriptive statistics and paired sample t-test. The study's findings reveal the efficacy of specifically designed computer-assisted reading materials for teaching the English language to Pakistani mainstream school dyslexic students of elementary level.