Same-Language-Subtitling and Karaoke:
The Use of Subtitled Music as a Reading Activity
In a High School Special Education Classroom
W.Greg McCall
2005
Results: Increased Reading Time
Results: Increased Engagement in Reading
This study anticipated that the inclusion of SLS activities in a Special Education English classroom would correspond with an in increased engagement in other classroom reading tasks. This second goal (increased engagement in reading tasks) was met as evaluated by qualitative observation rubrics conducted by SPED staff. The observations were taken specifically for ongoing reading tasks such as Sustained Silent Reading, and Directed Reading Activities not for the SLS activity. The following chart (Figure 7) illustrates the change in observed focus during group reading activities. Please refer to appendix for a copy of observation tool.
Further, student feedback gathered through student surveys and summarized by the following chart (Figure 8) indicates positive attitude improvements on reading related activities. During the pre-intervention survey 35 % of the intervention group responded with the least favorable reaction to reading activities in general, while post survey the entire group rated themselves at average or better in all categories. These two qualitative data sources indicate that both student attitude and engagement with reading activities improved over the span of the study intervention.
Table 1 and Figure 6 reflect mean recorded minutes per
The increased time spent in SLS and the increased engagement in reading and the groups subsequent reading growth would tend to support Anderson, Wilson, and Fielding's finding that the amount of time spent in reading activities was the best predictor of growth in reading comprehension (1988) and Leinhardt (1985) who found that the amount of time actually spent in direct reading behaviors predicted the subsequent reading performance of learning disabled students, and that the experimental addition of an extra five minutes of reading per day was associated with an additional gain in grade level equivalent.
Results: Increased Reading Time
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