The Development of English Vocabulary by Using Games of Primary School Grade III Pupils at Plearn Academy

Abstract

This research studied of the development of English vocabulary by using games of primary school grade iii pupils at Plearn academy. The purposes of this research were 1) to develop English vocabulary skills after using games for teaching of primary school grade III pupils at Plearn academy. 2) To study the pupils' satisfaction after using games for learning. This study was used experimental research and qualitative research. For experimental Research, researcher use one-group pretest-posttest design. Research area was Plearn academy, Phranakorn Sri Ayutthaya Province. The target group is 32 pupils 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 help pupils learn vocabulary better. They can 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 seems to be much higher than the minimum.
         3. The pupils' satisfaction with the satisfied-level vocabulary game activities used in teaching.