Reading skill is important for young learners. The incompetence of reading skill may affect young learners’ progress in learning. However, in the modernisation of today’s gadgets’ world, many young learners are competence to use the ICT even though they can’t read properly. A similar problem was identified among low proficiency of Level 1, who are also the participants of LINUS programme in Butterworth, Penang and Jasin, Malacca. Therefore, an action research of Ebbutt was conducted to investigate the enhancement of reading skill and their perception using Tweet Teach. Tweet Teach is an innovative teaching and learning tool innovated from a trendy and free social media, Twitter to teach phonics and vocabulary. There are 2 modules, the ‘Tweet Sound’ and ‘Tweet Pic-a-Thing’. 5 pupils of low proficiency of K3-K12 LINUS were chosen as the participants for this study. The pre-test and post-test, the Likert scale and the interview were used as instruments in the study. The finding of the study had led to an improvement in reading skill and positive perception was given by the participants. Overall, the use of Tweet Teach and its modules enhanced the reading skill among low proficiency pupils of Level 1.
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To Cite this Article: Mustaffar, S. N. F., Baharuddin, N. Q., & Yunus, M. M. (2019). Tweet Teach to Enhance Reading Skill among Low Proficiency Pupils. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(1), 609–619.
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