Development of Learning Activity Package Using Phonics Instruction to Promote English Pronunciation on Short vowels for Primary Education Grade 1 Students

Abstract

           The purposes of this research were: 1) to develop of learning activity package using phonics instruction to promote English pronunciation on short vowels for Primary education grade 1 students with an effectiveness according to the 80/80 criterie, 2) to compare the results English pronunciation before and after learning with  the learning activity package using phonics instruction, 3) to compare the learning achievement before and after learning with the learning activity package using phonics instruction, and 4) to evaluate students’ attitudes towards learning English. The sample group used in this research was 30 students in Primary education grade 1 students at Chumchonwatborai School in the first semester of academic year 2021. The sample of 30 students was selected by purposive samping. The research instruments consisted of 1) 7 sets of learning activities by using Phonics were : set 1, Short vowels, set 2, short a, set 3, short e, set 4, Short i, set 5, Short o, set 6, Short u, set 7, Phonics fun, 2) a learning activities lesson plan, 3) the English pronunciation test, 4) achievement test, and 5) students’ attitude questionnaire. The statistics used for analyzing the collected data were : mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

          The results found that: 1) development of learning activity package using phonics instruction to promote English pronunciation on short vowels for Primary education grade 1 students had an efficiency of 86.40/87.50, 2) the students who learned with the learning activity package using phonics instruction had results English pronunciation of post-learning higher than pre-learning with statistical significance at the .05 level, 3) the students who learned with the learning activity package using phonics instruction had learning achievement of post-learning higher than pre-learning with statistical significance at the .05 level, 4) the students who learned English with the learning activity package using phonics instruction had attitude questionnaire at the high level. The result of this research showed that the use of learning activity package using phonics instruction can improve English pronunciation, resulting in greater confidence among students in reading aloud and realizing the importance of learning English.