THE USE OF PHONICS INSTRUCTION TO ENHANCE STUDENTS' READING ABILITY: A CASE STUDY OF GRADE 3 STUDENTS AT NAM YUEN SCHOOL, NAM YUEN DISTRICT, UBON RATCHATHANI PROVINCE

Ms Jidanan Thaen-Nga, Asst Prof, Wutti Leenam
2016 unpublished
The purpose of this research was to study English reading ability after being taught through the phonics instruction. The target group was 30 Grade 3 students enrolled in English course in the second semester of academic year 2015 at Nam Yuen School, Nam Yuen District, Ubon Ratchathani Province. The experimental instrument was 5 lesson plans using phonics instruction. The instruments were the tests used before starting and after finishing each lesson. The data obtained were analyzed using mean,
more » ... percentage and standard deviation. The findings revealed a statistically significant main effect (P <.001) indicating that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the pretest and the posttest which means that the students increased their oral reading ability after being taught through phonics.
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