The Roles of Practitioner’s Handling Speech Disorders Children During Endemic

Authors

  • Ahmad Adha Muhamad University College of Yayasan Pahang
  • Mohammad Azrul Haron University College of Yayasan Pahang
  • Mohd Nizam Naqiyuddin Ahmad Sobri University College of Yayasan Pahang
  • Nur Farah Ain Che Soh University College of Yayasan Pahang
  • Nur Atiqah Liyana Mohd Roziman University College of Yayasan Pahang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35307/asiantj.v2i1.31

Keywords:

Speech Disorder, Practitioner, Enhancing Children

Abstract

The aim of this research is to get an insight into practitioner views on developing speech disorders among children in Kuantan, Pahang. This is because the practitioner is responsible for handling and educating them in their speech development. The researcher chooses this topic due to the hiking trend in Malaysia where the number of children with speech disorders keeps on increasing from time to time. To make sure that these research objectives come into play, a selected school or centre by the researcher is a place to obtain appropriate data. To find appropriate data to answer the research questions, a selected practitioner who has depth experience, worked at the centre will be interviewed to materialize the aim of this research. Six random samplings have been chosen as respondents which will answer the interview session and forthwith answer research objectives. All of these practitioners are well experienced in handling children with speech delays. Hence, the validity and reliability of the data are considered conclusive methods had been used in comprehensive qualitative research. An interview session will be conducted with selected practitioners who fulfil the standard outlined earlier, such as vast working experience, deep expertise and well experience in handling children with speech disorders and try to obtain as detailed information as possible with is in line with the research objective and research question. For this research, the semi-structured interview is used as it is easier for the researcher to ask an additional question to the participant during the interview session if the researcher is not satisfied with the answer given. This finding from the data analysed successfully answers the research question of getting the information or experience from the practitioner's perspective in conducting children with speech disorders. This result will discuss on most of the practitioners used methods in enhancing children to develop their speech through the method of imitation, reinforcement, and motivation. Other than that, the biggest challenges faced by the practitioners are in understanding children with speech disorder needs and overcoming the challenges.

Author Biographies

Ahmad Adha Muhamad, University College of Yayasan Pahang

A Lecturer at Faculty Education and Language Studies, University College of Yayasan Pahang, Malaysia. He received a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) with Honors from Universiti Selangor (UNISEL) in 2018 and a Master’s in Early Childhood Education from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris in 2019. His research interest is in programs focused on child safety, kindergarten/preschool safety and cyber safety. He can be reached at adha@ucyp.edu.my
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-9466

Mohammad Azrul Haron , University College of Yayasan Pahang

A Lecturer at Faculty Education and Language Studies, University College of Yayasan Pahang, Malaysia. He received a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) with Honors from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris in 2014 and a Master’s in Early Childhood Education from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris in 2021. His research interest is in program evaluation, professionalism among teachers and spiritual and moral development among children. He can be reached at azrul@ucyp.edu.my
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8725-2977

Mohd Nizam Naqiyuddin Ahmad Sobri , University College of Yayasan Pahang

A Lecturer at Faculty Education and Language Studies, University College of Yayasan Pahang, Malaysia. He received his Diploma in Islamic Early Childhood Education and Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education both at Teesside University in 2015 and his Master’s in Early Childhood Education from Open University Malaysia in 2021. Currently, he is pursuing his PhD in Early Childhood Education at Open University Malaysia. His research interest is dominantly in the area of early childhood education. He can be reached at nizam_naqiyuddin@ucyp.edu.my
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7946-6214

Nur Farah Ain Che Soh , University College of Yayasan Pahang

A Lecturer at Faculty Education and Language Studies, University College of Yayasan Pahang, Malaysia. She received her Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) with Honor from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris in 2016 and Master’s in Early Childhood Education from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris in 2018. Her research interest is dominantly in the area of early childhood education. She can be reached at farahain@ucyp.edu.my

Nur Atiqah Liyana Mohd Roziman, University College of Yayasan Pahang

A Lecturer at Faculty Education and Language Studies, University College of Yayasan Pahang, Malaysia. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Technology Management (Construction) with Honors from University Tun Hussein Onn in 2016, a Master’s in Early Childhood Education from University Pendidikan Sultan Idris in 2018, and Post-Graduate Diploma in Teaching from Open University Malaysia in 2021. Her research interest is dominantly in the area of early childhood education. She can be reached at atiqah_liyana@ucyp.edu.my         
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7360-8920

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Muhamad, A. A., Haron , M. A., Sobri , M. N. N. A., Soh , N. F. A. C., & Roziman, N. A. L. M. (2022). The Roles of Practitioner’s Handling Speech Disorders Children During Endemic. Asian TESOL Journal, 2(1), 40–46. https://doi.org/10.35307/asiantj.v2i1.31

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