PHONEMIC FLUENCY AMONG ENGLISH MEDIUM AND KANNADA MEDIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Chetan S.V.; Dr. Y.T. Balakrishna Acharya

Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2014

PHONEMIC FLUENCY AMONG ENGLISH MEDIUM AND KANNADA MEDIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Chetan S. V. , Dr. Y. T. Balakrishna Acharya

Abstract :

The study examined the effects of medium of instruction (English & Kannada) and gender on phonemic fluency in primary school students. The sample consisted of 30 boys and 30 girls studying in Class II and III, aged between 8 and 9 years. Simple Random sampling procedure was used for the study. The sample was administered the Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT). The obtained data were subjected to statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics, �t� test of statistical significance and Two–Way Analysis of Variance (Two–way ANOVA) were performed to study the interactive effect of gender and medium of instruction on phonemic fluency. The findings reveal that,English medium primary school students have higher phonemic fluency than Kannada medium students and there is no significant gender difference in phonemic fluency with respect to primary school students. The findings also reveal that, the interaction of gender and medium of instruction has no significant effect on phonemic fluency in primary school students; however, English medium girls have higher phonemic fluency than Kannada medium girls.