Effectiveness of Chaining Strategy in Developing Reading Skills among Deaf Pupils in Selected Primary Schools in Tanzania.

Mutatembwa,, Fraterinus Osward (2025) Effectiveness of Chaining Strategy in Developing Reading Skills among Deaf Pupils in Selected Primary Schools in Tanzania. Doctoral thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

Despite chaining strategy being used in teaching deaf pupils in Tanzania, still the deaf graduate with poor reading skills. This study investigated the effectiveness of chaining strategy in developing reading skills among deaf pupils in Tanzania. It examined the impact of chaining strategy on word recognition and language comprehension, identified challenges faced by teachers, and determined ways to support the chaining strategy. The study employed mixed research approach with a convergent research design. It was conducted in four special primary schools for the deaf from Dar es Salaam, Njombe, Kagera and Tabora. It was guided by the theory of simple view of reading and VARK model. In-depth interview, observation, questionnaire and test were employed in collecting data from 20 teachers and 162 deaf pupils respectively. Data were analysed through descriptive statistics, correlation, simple linear regression and content analysis. The findings revealed that chaining strategy had a significant contribution in developing word recognition and deaf pupils’ ability of generating meaning from individual words and short sentences. The study further found that the strategy had insignificant influence in developing deaf pupils’ ability of generating meaning from long sentences and reading texts without encountering some challenges. The study concludes that chaining strategy contributed to the development of deaf pupils’ word recognition ability but could not guarantee the development of language comprehension. It recommends that deaf pupils should be identified and exposed to sign language in early ages, and teachers for lower grade levels need to be competent in sign language. Keywords: chaining, strategy, reading, deaf, word-recognition, comprehension

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