A Study of Enhancing English Vocabulary of Grade 4 Student Through Communicative Activities and Games

Abstract

This research studied of the development of English vocabulary by using communicative activities and games of grade four students in Taunggyi, Myanmar. The purposes of this research were 1) to study the status of teaching English vocabulary through communicative activities and games for Grade 4 students, 2) to develop teaching English vocabulary to Grade 4 students using communicative activities and games  and 3) study the satisfaction with the teaching model of English vocabulary to Grade 4 students using communicative activities and games. This study was used experimental research and qualitative research. For experimental research used one-group pretest-posttest design. Research area was Pyinnyar Ou Yin Monastic Education school in Southern Shan State, Taunggyi, Myanmar. The target group was 32 students at grade III at Plearn Academy, Phranakorn Sri Ayutthaya Province by random. The research instruments consisted of 8 lesson plans taught by games, pretest and posttest, and students’ satisfaction questionnaire. The data were analyzed by percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

The results of this research were found that:

1. The use of English vocabulary games in teaching helped students learn vocabulary better. They could remember and understand words more precisely. The average values were 12.54.


2. After using vocabulary games for teaching, the post-test results showed that the average score for English vocabulary skills seemed to be much higher than the minimum.


3. The students' satisfaction with the satisfied-level vocabulary game activities used in teaching.