THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE PHONICS STYLE FOR SUPPORTING TO READING AND SPELLING SKILLS FOR GRADE 1 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this research were 1) to develop skills in reading aloud and spell English words with a set of phonics teaching activities to promote reading and pronunciation skills For grade 1 students. 2) to compare the reading and spelling skills of grade 1 students with 75.00 percent criteria. 3) to study the satisfaction of grade 1 students with per set of activities for teaching phonics to promote reading and pronunciation skills. Target group were a grade 1 student in the academic year 2016 at Ban Thung Song School Phai Khiao Sub-district Sawang Arom District Uthai Thani Province Under the Uthai Thani Education Office. Which were derived from the selection of a sample group (Purposive sampling) of 20 people. Tools used in the research are Phoenic teaching and learning activities. To promote reading and pronunciation skills in English for students in grade 1 consists of 3 parts as follows: Part 1 Early consonants Episode 2 Vowels Episode 3 Mixing words Assessment forms phonics instruction Assessment form for reading pronunciation and spelling skills. Student satisfaction questionnaire on learning by using a set of phonics teaching activities to promote reading and pronunciation skills for grade 1 students the 5-level estimation scale of 10 items.

The results of the research were as follows:

1) Effectiveness index, development of learning activities using a set of phonics teaching activities to promote reading and pronunciation skills in English for grade 1 students the value is 0.6771 indicating that students have increased scores from the test scores before class. Accounted for 67.71 percent which was in accordance with the first hypothesis.

2) The results of comparison of reading and spelling skills of grade 1 students with 75.00 percent criteria found that the post-test scores of students were higher than the 75.00 percent criteria with statistical significance at the level of 0.05 which was based on the hypothesis 2.

3) The results of analyzing student satisfaction towards learning by using a set of phonics teaching activities to promote reading and pronunciation skills for grade 1 students. They were very satisfied with an average of 4.53 and a standard deviation of 0.50.