Accuracy order of the grammatical morphemes in the oral production of preschool pupils

• Main Authors: Barrot, Jessie S., de Leon, Kristine
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: English language—Morphemics; English language—Study and teaching (Preschool) > Philippines; English language—Acquisition; Language and Literacy Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1321
• Institution: De La Salle University

There are numerous studies concerning the order of acquisition of grammatical morphemes; however, no paper to the knowledge of the authors has explored the accuracy order and acquisition of grammatical morphemes of Filipino children. The present study investigated the accuracy order of 14 English grammatical morphemes of Filipino preschool pupils. Specifically, this paper sought to determine the grammatical morphemes which have the highest and lowest accuracy level by Filipino preschool pupils. It also attempted to identify whether there is a relationship between the order of grammatical morpheme acquisition of Filipino preschool pupils compared to the order of grammatical morpheme wherein English is the first language and English is the second language. The participants involved in this study were 18 preschool pupils whose age ranges from three to five years old. These participants were divided into two clusters based on their linguistic and geographical background. The findings revealed that plurality and progressive verbs posted the highest accuracy level while prepositions and past irregular verbs had the lowest level of accuracy. As regards the relationship between the order of acquisition, the results revealed that the present study posted a different order compared to Dulay and Burt's (1973) and Brown's (1973) studies through Kendall coefficient of concordance and Spearman Rank Order Correlation.