Observations on possible use of the "Literate" game on poor readers in a multicultural classroom setting

2007

The 'Literate' game, developed in Finland, is designed to help enhance learning lettersound correspondences and later reading of words with increasing complexity in children. The ̔Literate̓ game uses the phonetic/synthetic method of teaching phonological awareness which is currently seen as the basis of all reading. The ̔Literate̓ was piloted in Zambia (2005) to determine how it could be implemented into a multi-cultural setting. Factors such as pre-intervention skill and language background were examined in relation to observations of the game-based learning among the poor readers. A sample of 8 pupils (6 girls and 2 boys) was selected from a Grade 2 class at a private international school…