The Development of Multimedia Learning Program by Using Sound Waves Images to Practice English Pronunciation of Grade 4 Students
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This study aimed to (1) develop multimedia lessons by using sound waves to practice English pronunciation skills of fourth-grade students (Prathom Suksa 4) of a Thai school to be effective according to the 80/80 criterion, (2) compare the learning achievements before and after learning with multimedia lessons using sound wave images to practice English word pronunciation skills. of the students, and (3) investigate the relationship between the English vocabulary pronunciation skills and the accented dialects of students in 4 regions. The data for this study were purposively drawn from 120 fourth-grade students. The research instruments were: (1) rating–scale questionnaires; and (2) a multimedia learning program using sound waves images to practice English vocabulary pronunciation skills. The findings revealed that the multimedia learning program had shown its efficiency of 80.00/79.71. The students’ learning achievement was significantly higher, at .05 levels. The relationships between the English vocabulary pronunciation skills and the accented dialects in the Southern and Central regions were statistically significant at 0.01 level (South r=0.704; p<.01 Central r=0.675; p<.01); the Northeastern and Northern regions were not statistically significant.
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