I love letters: a multisensory module for teaching and learning of letter sounds and formation/ Myzatul Sarah Yusof ... [et al.]

Early literacy skills are critical for success in school, yet so many young learners lack the necessary skills to be successful readers by the end of primary school. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of multisensory activities on students’ ability to learn how to identify and
produce letter sounds and formation. In this respect, this paper aims to describe the design and development of a multisensory module “I ❤ LETTERS” through the ADDIE model, as well as studying its effectiveness on young learners’ ability to recognise and produce letter sounds and
formation. This empirical study involved 12 mixed-level lower primary pupils in a school for less fortunate children around the national capital of Kuala Lumpur. The results of the employed pre and post-tests demonstrated an improvement in the students’ ability to identify and produce
phonemes and graphemes. This study could provide insights to early childhood educators in developing pre-literacy skills.