THE RESULTS OF TEACHING PRONUNCIATION OF CONSONANT BLEND BY PHONICS TEACHING TECHNIQUE WITH THE MULTIMEDIA FOR FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS, ANUBAN KHLONGLAN SCHOOL, KAMPHAENG PHET THE RESULT OF TEACHING PRONUNCIATION OF CONSONANT BLEND BY PHONICS TEACHING TECHNIQUE WITH THE MULTIMEDIA FOR FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS ANUBAN KHLONGLAN SCHOOL KAMPHAENG PHET

Abstract

          This study was a research and development study. The objectives were: 1) to develop multimedia media for teaching consonant blend by using phonics techniques for the fourth-grade students who were effective according to the criteria E₁ / E₂ 80/80;  2) to compare  the consonant blend reading ability before and after treatment; and: 3) to investigate the students’ satisfaction towards the multimedia. The sample groups were the 25 fourth-grade students in the second semester of the academic year 2020 at Anuban Khlonglan School, Kamphaeng Phet Province. They were selected as a specific sample by purposive sampling. The research instruments included 1) the lesson plans of reading consonant blend by using phonics techniques, 2) a multimedia for teaching consonant blend by using phonics techniques for the fourth-grade students, 3) the multimedia quality assessment form, 4) the consonant blend verbal ability test for before and after treatment; and, 5) the questionnaire. The statistics used  were mean, standard deviation, the efficiency of teaching materials using formula E₁ / E_2; and , T-test using dependent group.

          The results of the research were as follows:

• It was found that the multimedia for teaching consonant blend by using phonics techniques for the fourth-grade students was effective according to the criteria E₁ / E₂ which was at 88.64 / 89.40.


• The fourth-grade students had a higher ability to read consonant blend after the treatment at statistically significant level of .05.


• The fourth-grade students were satisfied with the teaching of diphthongs using phonics techniques together with 3 aspects of multimedia i.e. format, content and activities at the highest level in all aspects.