First Grade Teachers Teach Reading with Songs

AbstractIn Turkey in reading instruction a kind of phonetic method is used which is called sound based sentences method. In this method, the reading instruction is initiated by sounds. Instead of letters name, letters’ sound is taught. Teaching sounds are performed in compliance with the six sound groups. In teaching process for phonetic awareness during sound teaching, songs are one of the activities teachers instruct. The purpose of this study is to investigate how first class teachers teach reading with songs. The qualitative research method was used in this research. A interview form was developed which was applied ten first grade teachers in 2012-2013 education year. Descriptive analyze was used while analyzing data