개사를 통한 노래부르기가 정신지체아동의 어휘력에 미치는 효과

Abstract

Mental retardation refers to substantial limitations such as mental intelligibilities and social interaction in present functioning. Especially, language abilities are basic social skill to identity and interact with themselves and others in the society as human beings. Unfortunately, the children with mental retardation are usually exposed in language difficulties. Vocabulary is a fundamental tool to lead smooth language development. The purpose of this study was to illustrate the effects of singing with changed words of songs to develop vocabulary abilities for children with mental retardation. Two children, 10.6(MA5.7) and 11.0(MA7.2) years old, with mental retardation were participated for this study. Thirteen sings were selected, and the words of the songs were changed based on seventy two target vocabularies. Pre- and post-test with Korean Standard Vocabulary Test were utilized to verify the effective of the singing to improve vocabulary ability for forty sessions. Each sessions was for forty minutes. The results of this study were that: (a) the singing strategy was effective to improve the receptive vocabulary ability; and (b) the singing strategy was effective to improve expressive vocabulary ability for children with mental retardation. Therefore, this study concluded that the singing is effective to improve vocabulary ability for mental retardation.