Development of Chinese Consonant Pronunciation by Playing Cards Game for Grade 5th Students of Municipal School 2 Watthungsuan Kampheangpet Province

Abstract

Form teaching Chinese foundation for Grade 5th Students of Municipal School 2 Watthungsuan Kampheangpet Province, the purpose was to study teaching method and develop or solve problem in the classroom. It was found that students had a problem in Chinese consonants pronunciation because they learn Chinese language at the beginning level and the Chinese characters are difficult to read or remember or pronounce correctly for foreigner students. The sound system called PINYIN not only can help them read easily, but also help type in the computer system. Pronunciation is important for language learning and communication so the purposes of developing Chinese consonants for students in the classroom were to study achievement by developing Chinese consonant pronunciation through playing cards game and to study students’ satisfaction. The samples consist of grade 5th/1 students at Municipal School 2 Watthungsuan in Kampheangpet Province. The data were analyzed by using mean and standard deviation. The findings revealed that 1) the achievement of developing Chinese consonant pronunciation (Pinyin) by playing cards game for grade 5th students of Municipal School 2 Watthungsuan in Kampheangpet Province overall, was that most students have developed Chinese consonant pronunciation and passed the criteria at 81.75%, 2) the students’ satisfaction after learning by playing cards game was satisfying at level 4 which was hig