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Abstract
The study sought to investigate the causes of Morse St Anthony Primary School Basic Three pupils inability to read simple sentences correctly. The purpose was to find out the root causes of pupils inability to read simple sentences correctly and also to help them overcome such problem using the phonic approach. Findings from the study showed that most children did not get the concept of letter and word recognition at the pre-school stage. The research instruments used were test, observation, interview as well as event recording were adopted for data collection. Data was analysed using tables, bar charts and frequency tables. Two (2) weeks were used for the data collection. The data collected at the pre-reading stage revealed that the child had challenges when reading. The population involved all Basic Three pupils of Morse St Anthony Primary School. The sample size was two pupils from the basic level. Tables were used to analysed the results of the pre and the post-test. The results proved that the use of the phonic approach is the appropriate one that can help pupils with poor reading habits to overcome the problem. It was recommended that for effective teaching, individual children must be attended to. The present large class enrolment does not permit individual attention since not all children are motivated at the same rate, working with a limited number of children at a time will offer the teacher the opportunity to attend to individual and offer them organised and purposeful teaching programmes
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Copyright © 2024 Edmond Kwame Amable Tawiah. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
