The Development of English Vocabulary Pronunciation Kits Based on Phonological Approach for the Second Graders

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to develop English vocabulary pronunciation kits of the Foreign Languages Department for the second grade students based on a phonological approach to have the efficiency according to the criterion of 80/80 and 2) to compare English vocabulary pronunciation skills based on a phonological approach for the second grade students before and after learning. The samples were 30 students studying in the second grade in the second semester in the academic year of 2022 at Naluang School under Bangkok Metropolitan. They were randomized by cluster sampling. The research instruments were 12 sets of English vocabulary pronunciation kits and a multiple-choice-question test with 30 items. The statistics were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The research findings were as follows.

1. The efficiency of the English vocabulary pronunciation kits the researchers developed was 83.52/82.11.
2. The mean score of the English vocabulary pronunciation skills of the students after learning by using the English vocabulary pronunciation kits was higher than that before learning with the statistical significance at the level of .01.