The Development of English Vocabulary Pronunciation and Writing Abilities Using Phonics Learning Method and Multimedia Games for Grade 3 Students

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) develop the English vocabulary pronunciation ability, and 2) develop the English vocabulary writing ability using the phonics learning method and the multimedia games for grade 3 students to reach upper 70%-mean score with 70% of passing students from all. The target group of this research comprised 20 grade 3students, Nongkungpittayakom School under Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 5, derived from the purposive sampling to investigate in the One-Group-Pre-Experimental Design. The statistics comprised the descriptive statistics, covering mean ( ), standard deviation (S.D.) and the percentage. The research instruments contained 1) 7 learning management plans with the phonics learning method and the multimedia games for Grade 3 Students with 2 hours in each plan, with the total number of 14 hours, 2) the test for assessing the English vocabulary pronunciation ability covering 15 items, and 3) the test for assessing English vocabulary writing ability composing 15 items. The instrument’s quality and Item-Objective Congruence index and appropriateness were assessed by specialists.

          The research findings revealed that: 1) The results from developing the English vocabulary pronunciation ability using the phonics learning method and multimedia games for grade 3 students were found that the students had the mean score valued at 10.85 with 72.33% and 16 students or 80% of all students passed the criterion which was higher than the setting criterion. 2) The results from developing the English vocabulary writing ability using the phonics learning method and multimedia games for grade 3 students were found that the students had the mean score valued at 10.50 from the 15 full-score with 70.00% and 15 students or 75% of all students passed the criterion which was higher than the setting criterion.