THE DEVELOPMENT OF 5TH GRADE STUDENTS’ LISTENING-SPEAKING ABILITY AND LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHINESE LANGUAGE THROUGH THE TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE TEACHING METHOD AND THE USE OF MULTIMEDIA

Abstract

 The objectives of this research were 1) to develop 5^th grade students’ listening-speaking ability and learning achievement in Chinese language through the Total Physical Response Teaching Method and the use of multimedia in order that the students made a mean achievement score of 70% of the full marks or better, and at least 70% of the student group passed the criterion, 2) to develop the students’ learning achievement in listening-speaking Chinese language in order that they made a mean learning achievement score of 70% or better, and at least 70% of the student group  passed the criterion and 3) to study the students’ satisfaction with the learning activities based on the Total Physical Response Teaching Method and the use of multimedia.  The One-Shot Case Study Design was applied for the experiment.  The sample group, which was randomly selected during the second semester of the 2020 academic year, consisted of 24 grade V student in Classroom 5/1 at Jampasri Kindergarten School, The findings show that: 1) The students displayed their listening Chinese language ability by making a mean achievement score of 14.67 or 73.33% of the full marks, and 20 students or 83.33% of the sample group passed the 70% criterion, 2) The students made a mean learning achievement score of 22.88 or 76.25% of the full marks, and 20 students or 87.50% of the sample group passed the 70% criterion, 3) The students’ overall satisfaction with the learning activities was at the “highest” level (4.82).  However, when each of the four aspects was scrutinized separately, it was found that the aspect of measurement and evaluation was ranked at the “highest” level (4.87), the learning activities was ranked at the “highest” level (4.85), the instructional media was also ranked at the “highest” level 4.81), while the subject content was ranked at the “highest” level (= 4.78).