The Development of English Vocabulary Memorization Ability Using Mnemonic Techniques for First Year Students in the Faculty of Education Program in Teaching English

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to develop the ability to remember English vocabulary by using the Mnemonic technique of first-year students of the Faculty of Education, Program in Teaching English; students’ average achievement in remembering English vocabulary of not less than 80 percent, and 2) to study the student's satisfaction towards the development of the ability to remember English vocabulary using the mnemonic technique. The participants consisted of 42 first-year students of the Faculty of Education, Program in Teaching English at Mahamakut Buddhist University Isan Campus. The participants were selected by means of Purposive Sampling Method. The research instruments included 1)lesson plans of ED1046 English listening-speaking subject, 2)behavior observation form, 3)assessment of word memorization ability form, and
4)satisfaction questionnaire. The data were analyzed quantitatively utilizing the mean, the standard deviation and the percentage.
The results of the research on the development of English vocabulary memorization ability using Mnemonic techniques of the first-year students found that the students had the ability to remember English words with an average score of (μ=51.23), representing 85.39 percent of the full score, which is higher than the criteria set. Regarding the satisfaction of the students towards development of English vocabulary memorization ability using Mnemonic techniques, as a whole, it was revealed that the students were satisfied with the development of English vocabulary memorization
ability using Mnemonic techniques at the highest level (μ = 4.51, = 0.59)