A Multi-Sensory Teaching Aid Of Malay Language For Dyslexic Children

Children with early learning difficulties need to be detected as early as possible to be given serious attention especially in the ability to recognize letters, spell and read. Learning problems that involve literacy skills, especially weaknesses in the reading process, are known as Dyslexic, which can be detected early if children aged 5 years and below are sent to preschool to receive their early education. This research is meant for dyslexic children and applicable in the learning process established and supported by theory of Orton-Gillingham in the dyslexic domain. An initial tangible product of a teaching aid named Smart Board will be used as intervention in learning strategy for children with dyslexia in the beginner level. The results supported the effectiveness of learning activities using teaching aid to construct the simple Malay syllables using the lowercase alphabets that focus on dyslexic children at the beginner level and the class observation was conducted among dyslexic children at the DAM Centre Penang and SK Bukit Kiara Kedah. The result exposed the way to assist the dyslexic children to build simple Malay syllables through multi-sensory approach as the main elements that are: kinesthetic, auditory, visual and tactile sense.