DEVELOPING A BOARD GAME FOR ENHANCING THAI VOCABULARY MEMORIZATION AMONG 4th – 6th GRADE STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this research article is 1) Develop card game “auk sorn son kwam” That promote reading skills of upper elementary school students who cannot be read and written to pass the criteria from the Bureau of Education Bangkok. 2) Compare vocabulary scores before and after using the card game. The research model is quantitative research in the nature of research and development. The operation of research was studying basic information for game design, game development, and collecting data analyze and Summarize. The sample group is grade 5 student of “Wat Bang Sakae Nai” School Thonburi District Office Bangkok who pass the reading test in fair level. The research collect data by 3 tools was a card game “auk sorn son kwam”, Pre-test and Post-test. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and T-test Dependent. The research findings are as follows Card game “auk sorn son kwam” consisting of 6 sets of game cards, each set of 20 words. when applied to the sample group it was found that vocabulary scores of representative sample a statistically significant increase of 0.5. That shows card game “auk sorn son kwam” would be increased efficiency of reading skills to remember Thai vocabulary.