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KMID : 1036820130180010127
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Communication Sciences & Disorders
2013 Volume.18 No. 1 p.127 ~ p.138
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Development of Written Symbols for Korean Phonics: a Pre-validity Study
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Seo Chang-Won
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Abstract
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Objectives: Visual phonics represents the production of speech sound naturally and logically. Also, the written symbol of visual phonics can be used to help when children learn how to read and write. The purpose of this study is to test the pre-validity of Korean visual phonics.
Methods: Korean visual phonics written symbols were designed by 6 typical characteristics: description of features of phoneme, description of articulation organs, description of shapes of the lip, compound of diphthong, similarity of Korean alphabet, and use of sensory tactile methods. The author of this study developed 72 symbols of 40 Korean alphabets according to the 6 factors. Reasonable understandings of 41 symbols were tested by 69 undergraduate students and graduated students who major in special education and speech and language pathology.
Results: The results of explorative factor analysis for 41 written symbols of 29 Korean alphabet letters were in the range of 3.45/5 to 4.14/5 of Likert scale. Six factors explained 73.68% of total variance; description of articulation organ (α=0.924, 21.15%), description of shapes of the lip (α=0.884, 20.3%), compound of diphthong (α=0.879, 10.43%), similarity of Korean alphabet (α=0.839, 7.34%), and use of sensory tactile methods (α=0.821, 5.90%). Cumulative factor value and loaded factor value were proper within 0.80 of Cronbach’s alpha value.
Conclusion: The written symbols for Korean visual phonics developed in this study were valid based on the results of explorative factor analysis. It would be proper symbols to be continuously developed by next study.
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KEYWORD
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Visual phonics, Written symbol, Multisensory phonics, Deaf and hard of hearing, Written symbol
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