DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2019.v07i05.009

Pages: 366–371

The study focused on multisensory instructional strategy on phonological awareness amongst preschoolers in Uyo local government area. Two research questions were answered and two hypotheses were formulated and tested. The study adopted a pre-test, post-test quasi-experimental research design. It was carried out in four private nursery schools in Uyo local government of Akwa Ibom state. The sample for this study was 33 nursery two pupils from randomly selected private schools. Phonological Awareness Achievement Test (PAAT) was used as instruments for data collection in this study. It was subjected to face and content validity by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was established using Pearson Product Correlation in which a coefficient of 0.709 was obtained. Mean and standard deviation, analysis of covariance were used in answering research questions and testing the research hypothesis. Based on the data collected and analyzed, the study found that multisensory instructional strategy is an effective tool for phonological awareness among preschoolers and it was recommended that the technique should be inculcated in the teachers training curriculum for pre service teachers and retraining of early years care givers and teachers on the appropriate use of multisensory representation of sounds as a strategy for phonological acquisition should be encouraged.