THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LEARNING ACTIVITY PACKAGE USING PHONICS INSTRUCTION TO PROMOTE ENGLISH VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION SKILL FOR BEGINNERS AT KHLONGHUINAPATTANAKARN SCHOOL PHETCHABUN PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to develop activity package using phonics instruction to promote English vocabulary pronunciation skill for beginners with the efficiency of 80/80, 2) to compare English vocabulary pronunciation skill between pretest and posttest learning achievement using activity package, and 3) to study student’s satisfaction after learning with developed activity package. The sample consisted of 24 elementary school students in first semester of the academic year 2024 at Khlonghuainapattanakarn School Phetchabun Province, selected by simple random sampling. The research instruments were an activity package using phonics instruction, lesson plans, achievement tests, and students’ satisfaction questionnaire. Statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and t-test dependent. The research findings revealed that 1) the developed activity package using phonics instruction had an efficiency criterion of 86.90/87.36, which were higher than the designated criteria of 80/80, 2) the students’ mean scores before the implementation were 18.58 and the mean scores after the implementation were 26.21 which were significantly higher than before studying at .05 level, and 3) student’s satisfaction toward learning with the activity package using phonics instruction was at the highest level ( = 4.88, SD = 0.08).