USING THE QUIZLET APPLICATION TO DEVELOP THE PRONUNCIATION AND VOCABULARY MEANING RETENTION ABILITIES OF GRADE 8 STUDENTS
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This study aimed to 1) examine students' English vocabulary pronunciation and meaning retention, 2) compare these abilities before and after using the Quizlet application, and 3) investigate students' satisfaction with the intervention. The target population comprised 16 eighth-grade students at Ban Fang Teun School, Phan District, Chiang Rai Province, during the second semester of the 2024 academic year, selected through purposive sampling. Research instruments included 1) lesson plans using Quizlet, 2) pretest and posttest assessments, and 3) a satisfaction questionnaire.
The findings revealed that: 1) students' pronunciation ability (P = 84.53) and vocabulary meaning retention (P = 88.59) were at excellent levels, with overall performance at P = 86.56; 2) post-intervention scores were significantly higher than pre-intervention scores at the .05 level; and 3) students' satisfaction was at the highest level ( = 4.74, S.D. = 0.08).
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