DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL ALPHABET LERNING MEDIA SYSTEM TO IMPROVE STUDENT READING SKILL

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to develop a virtual alphabet learning media system to improve students’ reading skills, 2) to compare early childhood learning achievements before and after using the virtual learning media to improve A-Z reading skills, and 3) to evaluate the satisfaction of the system. The samples selected by purposive sample group were 32 1st - 3rd year kindergarten students at BanNamKhun School, Chanthaburi Province. The tools used included virtual alphabet learning media to improve A-Z student reading skills and satisfaction assessments. The data were analyzed by the average, standard deviation, and t-test. It was found that the virtual alphabet learning media system to improve students’ reading skills contained A-Z English words, 3D cartoon animals which could rotate 360 degrees, move, shrink and enlarge animals. There were sounds of different kinds of animals, including how to pronounce from a native speaker with audio and narration. It was found that the post-test score ( = 8.10, SD = 0.47) of the learning achievement is significantly higher than the pre-test score ( = 2.35, SD = 0.44) at the p-value of .05. The satisfaction level of students who studied through the virtual media system was at the highest score ( = 4.58, SD = .403). The system developed in this research could be used as an additional learning medium for early childhood children who wanted to enhance their A-Z reading skills both in and outside the classroom; besides, it helped increase teaching efficiency.