Providing the Experiences of Physical Response Techniques to Enhance the Listening and Speaking English Abilities of Early Childhood

Abstract

The research aimed to 1) study the listening and speaking English abilities of early childhood by providing the experiences of physical response techniques and 2) study the relative development of listening and speaking English of early childhood from the experiences of physical response techniques. The target group was 15 boys and girls at the age of 5-6 years old, studying in the 1st semester of 2023 academic year, from kindergarten class 3 of Bankokkhangbolub school, Nonrasi subdistrict, Borabue district, Maha Sarakham province, derived from the purposive sampling. The research instruments were (1) the physical response technique plans. (2) the evaluation form for listening and speaking English abilities of early childhood. The statistics were the average, standard deviation and relative growth score.

The finding of this research indicated that the experiences of physical response techniques enhanced the listening and speaking English of early childhood. After providing the experiences of physical response techniques, the early childhood had the listening English abilities higher with 62.53 average scores, 3.00 standard deviation and speaking English abilities higher with 64.73 average scores, 3.18 standard deviation, and 71.08 relative development of all aspects scores.