The Development of English Learning Activity Package by Foreign Language Learning Subject Group Using 4MAT Learning Management with a Bingo Card Game of Grade 4 Students in Bannaihub School, Chumphon Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to develop English language learning activity package by using 4MAT learning in conjunction with a Bingo card game (E /E ) to achieve the efficiency and effectiveness index (EI) according to the criteria of 80/80 and 0.50 or higher, 2) to compare the vocabulary learning performance between pretest and posttest, 3) to study the persistence of memorizing words after learning using the English learning activity package, and 4) to examine the satisfaction of students after using the English learning activity package. The research employed a one-group pretest-posttest experimental research design. In this research, the population consisted of 27 fourth-grade students from Bannaihub School in the first semester of the academic year 2022.The research instruments included a package of five English language learning activities with an average accuracy and suitability of 4.13-4.30, a package of five learning plans with an average accuracy and suitability of 3.98-4.23, a 30-item vocabulary learning performance test with a reliability of 0.59, and a 15-item student satisfaction questionnaire with a reliability of 0.77. Data were analyzed using statistics, including percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and compared with the established criteria. The results of this research indicated that:

1) the learning activity package had an efficiency score of 98.59/92.59, which was higher than the criteria and the effectiveness index of 0.74, which met the criteria, 2) the students had an average posttest  score of 24.81, which was higher than the average pretest score of 9.63, 3) the average score for the students' persistence in memorizing vocabulary after 60 days was 17.58, which was higher than the criteria of 9.92, and 4) the students' satisfaction level had an average score of 4.13, which was the highest level.