Development of Reading Skills by Using Phonic Technique for Grade 2 Students at Banbangkapi School in Bangkok

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AMORNRAT SOOKSANGTHONG

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This Article aimed to study (1) To investigate condition of phonic technique of Grade 2 students at Banbangkapi school, Bangkok (2) To develop the phonic technique for enhance reading skill for Grade 2 students at Banbangkapi School, Bangkok.  3) To study the satisfaction of phonic technique for enhance reading skill for Grade 2 students at Banbangkapi School, Bangkok The participants were 20 2nd grade students from Banbangkapi school, in Bangkok. The study is pre-Experimental research by using pre and post experiment with the samples. The instruments were learning phonics questionnaire, the manual of the development of reading skill by using phonic technique for grade 2 students at Banbangkapi school in Bangkok, the lesson plans of the development of reading skill by using phonics technique, the pre-test and post-test of development of reading skill by using phonics technique for grade 2 students, and a questionnaire of the students’ satisfaction of the manual of Phonics Reading Practice Set for development of reading skill of grade 2 students. The calculation method was the percentage, mean, and standard deviation.


The result in this study found that students had test scores after using the development of reading skills by using phonic technic of grade 2 students at Banbangkapi school.     (X̅ = 21.80, S.D. = 4.05) higher before using the development of reading skills by using phonic technic for grade 2 students at Banbangkapi school.  (X̅ = 11.60, S.D. = 3.33) with a statistical significance of .05. Average percentage of improvement increased by 98.27% These results indicate a statistically significant improvement in students' reading performance following the use of the phonics reading practice, and this study analyzes student satisfaction with the development of reading skill by using phonic technique for grade 2 students at Banbangkapi school in Bangkok. The results of the satisfaction survey showed an overall mean score of 4.85 out of 5, with a standard deviation of 0.06, indicating high and consistent satisfaction among students. The overall satisfaction percentage was 97.10%, reflecting positive feedback across all survey items. A bar graph illustrating average satisfaction for each item further confirmed the effectiveness of the phonics kit in enhancing students' reading skills. These findings suggest that the phonics reading practice kit successfully engaged students and contributed significantly to their reading development.

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AMORNRAT SOOKSANGTHONG. (2025). Development of Reading Skills by Using Phonic Technique for Grade 2 Students at Banbangkapi School in Bangkok. Journal of Asian Language Teaching and Learning, 6(2), 187–193. retrieved from https://so10.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jote/article/view/2868
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